The efficacy and function of Basella alba

Basella alba, also known as Panax notoginseng, is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. What are the effects and functions of Basella alba? Basella alba is rich in vitamin C and vitamin A, which can not only promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, but also nourish the kidney and strengthen the stomach. People in some areas use Basella alba to treat injuries, fractures and other bone-injuring diseases. What are the effects and functions of Basella alba? Let's learn more about it.

1. Chinese medicine related

Notoginseng is also known as foreign basemoss, Tuchuanqi (Taiwan), Fujinotoginseng, small year medicine, Tupanqi, Madera vine, money bead, and middle branch lotus. The leaves, young shoots, buds and underground tubers are used as vegetables. Alias: Fujita Seven, Blood Panax Notoginseng, and Sweet Ginseng.

Panax notoginseng is a perennial climbing plant of the genus Basella in the family Basellaaceae. Also known as basella alba, it is a perennial climbing plant belonging to the Basella family. It is native to Brazil and is grown in many areas of China, especially in the southern region. It is easy to cultivate, has few diseases and pests, is highly nutritious, tastes good, and is rich in Va and Vc. It has the effects of nourishing and strengthening the waist and knees, promoting blood circulation, and reducing swelling and removing blood stasis; it tastes slightly bitter, is warm in nature, and has the function of promoting blood circulation and replenishing blood. It can be used to nourish the kidneys and strengthen the waist, and to disperse blood stasis and reduce swelling. It is mainly used to treat pain in the waist and knees, weakness after illness, bruises and fractures. It can nourish, strengthen the waist and knees, dissipate phlegm, promote blood circulation, strengthen the stomach and protect the liver, and promote bone growth.

Notoginseng, also known as foreign base camphor, notoginseng and Sichuan notoginseng, is mainly distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and Taiwan provinces in my country. Most of the rattan Panax notoginseng were originally wild. As a medicinal plant or wild vegetable, it has been cultivated on a large scale in provinces such as Taiwan and Guangdong, and has been marketed as a vegetable product.

Notoginseng belongs to the same family as the Basella alba that we often eat, and they are similar in appearance and flavor quality. The above-ground stems of Panax notoginseng are fleshy and creeping, with heart-shaped leaves that are oily green, fleshy, smooth and hairless, with short petioles and nodular green buds about 3-4 cm in diameter in the axils of the vines.

The leaves and bulbils of Panax notoginseng are edible and have comprehensive nutrients and special functional ingredients. In particular, the iron content is high, with about 2 mg of iron in every 100 grams of leaves.

Notoginseng has the effects of nourishing, reducing swelling, strengthening the waist and knees, etc. People in Yunnan and other places often collect the bulbils and tubers of Notoginseng, wash them, peel them, and cook them with lean meat or chicken to treat pain in the waist and knees. There are also research reports in Taiwan showing that the boiled extract of Panax notoginseng leaves has a significant protective effect against acute liver damage, and has anti-inflammatory and liver-strengthening effects. Stir-frying fresh leaves or stir-frying them with meat can also treat habitual constipation.