I have long known that this plant is edible and useful. But somehow I couldn't use it in my kitchen, my hands didn't reach ... But this season I tasted it in the form of raw materials for a tasty and healthy drink - smoothies. Preparing a cocktail is simple and quick, the taste is more than pleasant, so I recommend it!
The common weed has proven to be a very useful plant.
Here is what Malankina E.L., Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, writes about purslane:
** Portulaca oleracea contains carbohydrates (glucose, galactose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, raffinose), carotenoids (lutein, β-carotene), higher fatty acids (primarily α-linolenic), organic acids (mainly oxalic), flavonoids ( liquiditin), betacyanins, phenolcarboxylic acids, steroids (sitosterol, campesterol, stigmasterol), terpenoids (glutathione, β-amyrin, butyrospermol, parkol, 24-methylene, 24-dihydroparqueol), alkaloids, saponins, nitrogen-containing compounds, C (up to 300 mg%), α-tocopherol (E), PP and K, mucous and resinous substances (up to 2.4%). The seeds contain fatty acids (oleic, linoleic, palmitic).
In traditional medicine, it is recommended to use purslane for diseases (inflammation) of the liver. It prevents vomiting of bile.
There is information about the use of this plant for impotence, gonorrhea, tumors, as an antiscorbutic and antihelminthic agent.
Currently, fresh grass and seeds are used as medicinal raw materials.
Purslane herb contains a hormone-like substance - norepinephrine, in its structure and action similar to the hormone synthesized by the human adrenal cortex. Norepinephrine stimulates the central nervous system and improves tone, as well as increases energy expenditure in the body. This is a kind of doping that spurs the body. Therefore, with exhaustion and increased excitability of the nervous system, purslane as a drug and a constant component of the diet is undesirable.
Another contraindication for purslane is pregnancy. This plant increases the tone of the uterus, which can lead to sad consequences.
Purslane leaves were used in Russia as a wound healing and antitoxic agent for the bites of poisonous snakes and insects, for Trichomonas colpitis, liver and kidney diseases, as a diuretic, for vitamin deficiencies, dysentery; the seeds were used for scaly lichen.
Outwardly, in the form of rinsing, the infusion of the whole plant is effective for gum disease.
Purslane seeds were used as an antipyretic agent, for which they were imported to Central Asia from Iran before the revolution. For the same purpose, seeds were used in the Caucasus. As a "medicated dressing" or as a drink, this herb helps with stomach inflammation. In Central Asia, the herb is used for bloody diarrhea and intestinal ulcers.
Dr. F. Leclercq, luminary of French herbal medicine, believed that, due to the content of mucus, purslane has an anti-inflammatory and healing effect in inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract and skin diseases. In addition, he pointed to a mild laxative effect of this plant and recommended it to prevent constipation.
In medicine in many countries of the world, purslane was used as a diuretic and anti-inflammatory agent for diseases of the urinary tract (primarily cystitis and urethritis). For example, in Korea, a decoction of purslane with licorice roots is used. To prepare it, you need to take 20 g of fresh purslane leaves and 3 g of ground licorice root, pour 2 cups of boiling water and heat for 30 minutes over low heat. Strain and take the specified amount of broth in two steps during the day.
In many countries, purslane is used as an antiparasitic agent (for ascariasis, hookworm infections and non-catarlosis). This use is justified from the point of view of the mechanism of action of the substances it contains. Purslane causes smooth muscle contraction, which has a detrimental effect on parasites. A similar principle of action is for such well-known antiparasitic agents as tansy and wormwood.
It is recommended to use purslane herb in the diet of people with mild diabetes mellitus. A tablespoon of fresh grass is poured with a glass of boiling water, insisted for 2 hours, filtered and used 1-2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day.
The plant contains up to 95% water, so it is rather difficult to preserve or dry it. But in the form of juice mixed for preservation with vodka in a 1: 1 ratio in a dark place, purslane will retain almost all of its medicinal properties, except for vitamin C. *
7 авг 2021
