The efficacy and role of the Chinese herbal medicine of purple back sky

Many people may not have heard of the name Purple-backed Gynura, especially modern children, who generally don’t know it. However, for those who are a little older, they should have a certain understanding of Purple-backed Gynura and its efficacy and functions. In fact, this phenomenon cannot be entirely blamed on today's young people, because the education today's children receive is completely different from that in the past, so they don't understand.

In essence, purple-backed angelica can be considered both a plant and a food, because it has both functions. This is actually quite good. At least we young people can learn about purple-backed angelica by eating it. Now let’s introduce in detail the effects and functions of purple-backed sky blueberry.

The efficacy of purple back amaranth :

Purple-backed begonia is also known as two-color Panax notoginseng grass, red-backed vegetable, begonia, scattered blood fruit, red leaf, dragon and tiger leaf, red under the leaf, blood skin vegetable, angelica vegetable, etc. The young stems and leaves are rich in Ca, Fe, etc., have high nutritional value, and have medicinal value such as clearing heat and detoxifying, and anti-malignant cell growth. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that purple-backed sky blueberry is sweet, slightly sour and cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It can treat exogenous high fever, heatstroke, cough due to lung heat, hoarseness due to colds, carbuncles, sores, swelling and pain due to falls, etc. Purple-backed cabbage is rich in mineral nutrients, and has high content of trace elements such as calcium, manganese, iron, zinc, and copper. In particular, purple-backed cabbage contains flavonoids, which reach their peak content in the early growth stage of the leaves of the purple Asteraceae plant and then gradually decrease. According to literature records, flavonoids have moderate anti-malignant growth effect on cells, prolong the ascorbic acid effect and have anti-parasitic and anti-viral effects. It is also recorded in the "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines" that purple-backed vegetables have the effects of treating hemoptysis, metrorrhagia, bronchitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, heatstroke, amoebic dysentery, and external trauma hemostasis.

Gynura purpurogenum

Purple-backed Gynura is a plant that is both medicinal and edible. It can be used as medicine and is also a very good nutritional health product. It is rich in hematopoietic iron, provitamin A, flavonoids and enzymatic agent manganese. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding, detoxifying and reducing swelling. It has good health care functions for children and the elderly. It is particularly worth noting that purple-backed gypsophila is rich in flavonoid glycosides, which can prolong the effect of vitamin C and reduce vascular purpura. Purple-backed sky blueberry can enhance the ability to resist parasites and viruses, and has a certain preventive effect on tumors. It also has the effect of treating hemoptysis, metrorrhagia, dysmenorrhea, bronchitis, pelvic inflammatory disease and iron deficiency anemia. In some areas in southern my country, purple-backed sky blueberry is used as a blood tonic and is one of the main vegetables consumed by postpartum women.

The role of purple back amaranth:

Purple-backed geranium improves the body's immunity and treats certain diseases. A large amount of research data shows that ingredients such as zinc, manganese, vitamin E, and flavonoids have the effect of enhancing the body's immunity. Iron, copper, etc. are very effective in treating some blood diseases (such as nutritional anemia).

Purple-backed sky blueberry has a tender and smooth texture and can be eaten in many ways. It can be served cold, stir-fried with vegetables or meat, juiced, made into soup, used as dumpling fillings, etc., or stir-fried with fungi, with meat, or used as a hot pot ingredient. The flavor is unique, with a slight aroma of chrysanthemum, and the texture is soft, smooth, crispy and delicious. Especially when adding a little white sugar (minced garlic) when mixing it cold, it tastes better and is loved by major hotels, restaurants, supermarkets and urban residents. In addition, purple-backed sky blueberry can be used to make medicinal wine or health tea for drinking, which has the effect of relieving heat, dissipating heat, clearing the heart and moistening the lungs.

The physiologically active substances in Gynura ovata have the function of scavenging free radicals and resisting aging. According to the free radical aging theory, the weakening of antioxidant effect or the inability to remove free radicals in time is a major cause of human aging. There are two main defense systems for removing free radicals in the human body: one is the enzyme defense system, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase; the other is the non-enzyme defense system, such as vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, flavonoids, etc. Purple-backed sky blue contains vitamin C, and trace elements such as iron, copper, and magnesium are cofactors of the above-mentioned enzymes. Therefore, it will inevitably have anti-oxidation and free radical scavenging effects, thereby achieving the purpose of delaying aging.

Purple-backed sky blueberry has the effects of anti-inflammatory, blood circulation, blood supplement, and beauty care. It is one of the main vegetables eaten by postpartum women and people who need blood supplement.

The flavonoids in purple-backed sky blue have anti-malignant cell growth effects, as well as anti-parasitic and anti-viral effects, which can enhance the body's immune capacity.

Through the above detailed introduction to purple-backed geranium and its efficacy and functions, we should now have a certain degree of understanding of purple-backed geranium that we did not know. Not only that, we also learned about the related effects and functions of purple-backed amaranth. In fact, purple-backed amaranth has quite a lot of benefits for our human body. You can learn more about it in the future.