Is long-term consumption of Houttuynia cordata harmful to the body?

Everyone has seen Houttuynia cordata in daily life. Houttuynia cordata can be eaten as a vegetable, and the taste is quite good when fried. Some people like to eat it very much and eat it for a long time. So is long-term consumption of Houttuynia cordata harmful to the human body? Will eating Houttuynia cordata frequently cause other diseases in the body? Let us now understand whether long-term consumption of Houttuynia cordata is harmful to the body;

It will not be harmful: Houttuynia cordata is a relatively common wild vegetable. Wild Houttuynia cordata has a strong fishy smell, and most first-time eaters cannot adapt to it. At first, Houttuynia cordata was eaten as a vegetable. After Houttuynia cordata was changed from a wild grass to a cultivated crop, due to the improvement of its habitat, its growth cycle is short, the plant grows fast, the underground stems are thick, the starch content is increased, and the fiber content is reduced. It is fresh and delicious when eaten, easy to digest and absorb, the specific fishy smell becomes lighter, and the palatability is enhanced, making it more popular with eaters.

Houttuynia cordata has obvious antibacterial and antiviral effects. When eaten as a vegetable, it has a good preventive effect on common skin carbuncle infections, bacterial dysentery and heatstroke in summer. There are several common ways to eat it: one is to remove the hairy roots on the nodes of the underground stems of Houttuynia cordata, wash them and cut them into 2 to 3 cm small pieces (tender leaves can also be added), add vinegar, soy sauce, chili powder, MSG and other condiments and eat them raw. It is crisp and refreshing with a strong fishy smell. The second is to boil, fry, stir-fry or stew the underground stems together with the tender stems and leaves. It has a pleasant fragrance, melts easily in the mouth and has a slightly fishy smell. The third is to pickle it and eat it as pickles. It is sour, fragrant, crisp and appetizing.

In addition, Houttuynia cordata is pungent and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and discharging pus, and promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. It can be used to treat lung abscess ulcers, lung heat cough and asthma, hot dysentery and hot stranguria, edema, athlete's foot, urinary tract infection, excessive leucorrhea, carbuncles, sores and other symptoms. Therefore, Houttuynia cordata is often the main medicine for lung diseases and urinary system diseases in traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions.

Modern medicine has a newer and deeper understanding of Houttuynia cordata: its unique smell mainly comes from an active ingredient in Houttuynia cordata volatile oil - houttuynia cordata (decanoyl acetaldehyde). Houttuynia cordata is the main antibacterial ingredient in Houttuynia cordata, which has a significant inhibitory effect on catarrhalis, influenza bacteria, pneumococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, etc. In addition, Houttuynia cordata also contains active ingredients such as quercetin, which has antiviral and diuretic effects. Clinical practice has proved that Houttuynia cordata has a good effect on upper respiratory tract infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, chronic tracheitis, chronic cervicitis, whooping cough, etc., and also has a certain effect on acute conjunctivitis, urinary tract infection, etc. In addition, Houttuynia cordata can enhance the body's immune function, increase the phagocytic ability of white blood cells, and has the effects of analgesia, cough relief, hemostasis, promoting tissue regeneration, dilating capillaries, and increasing blood flow.

After reading so much little knowledge about long-term consumption of Houttuynia cordata, I believe everyone has already understood that long-term consumption of Houttuynia cordata is not harmful to the body. On the contrary, it has the effect of regulating the body. It is a very healthy green food. I also hope that everyone has a balanced nutrition in their daily diet and do not always eat the same kind of vegetable, as this will not meet the nutritional needs of the body.