Medicinal value of stone ear

Stone ear is a plant belonging to the family Lithotrichaceae of the phylum Lichen that grows on rocks. It is not only a nutritious food with extremely high nutritional value, but also a very rare and precious medicinal material. In ancient my country, stone ear has been used as an important medicinal material. Nowadays, stone ear is valued in both traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and its medicinal value has been fully utilized. Let’s take a closer look at its medicinal value.

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that stone ear can clear away heat and detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding, nourish yin and clear the lungs, and improve hearing and eyesight. It has a good effect on hemorrhoids, rectal fistula, prolapse of the anus, cough due to lung deficiency, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea in women, irregular menstruation, as well as snake bites, knife wounds and burns. It can also be effective as a contraceptive. It has been believed that eating stone ear can help men produce sperm and increase marrow, while eating stone ear can clean the uterus and help pregnancy for women.

Regular consumption of stone ear can also delay aging. Western medical research has found that Auricularia auricula has the effects of anti-coagulation, anti-platelet aggregation, increasing white blood cell count and resisting thrombosis. Since Pyricularia auricularia polysaccharide can promote macrophage function and lymphocyte transformation, it has a good promoting effect on the human immune system function. Auricularia auricula polysaccharide has a very significant promoting effect on human lymphocytes.

Therefore, it has a significant promoting effect on the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid, ribonucleic acid and protein. Studies have also shown that Auricularia auricula can effectively lower blood lipids, thereby alleviating atherosclerosis. In addition, Auricularia auricula can also play a very important role in anti-inflammation, anti-ulcer and anti-radiation. Auricularia auricula is also good news for diabetics, as it can significantly lower blood sugar.

Research on hot water extract of stone ear found that stone ear can be very effective in anti-mutation and anti-cancer. The blackthorn toxin isolated from stone ear can effectively resist the growth of fungi and can effectively treat athlete's foot caused by fungi. When only making stone ear food, be sure to cook it with ginger to remove the odor of the stone ear. People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat stone ear.