Can I eat purslane during menstruation?

You can always see some plants beside the path and under the corners of the house. They are highly adaptable and only need a little bit of water for nourishment. They live in the soil in the corners of the walls and feel the gift of a little sunshine. They can grow quietly by the side, witness the ups and downs of the world, and grow old with time. Among these small grasses, there are many that can act as medicine, and Purslane is one of them.

Purslane is a plant that you may see in the fields or beside the paths. It has strong adaptability and can be found in temperate and tropical zones. It is also a plant that can be used for both medicinal and edible purposes. It has many benefits, but can you eat purslane during menstruation? Let's learn about the benefits of purslane below.

Medicinal value

Function and indications

Clears away heat, detoxifies, disperses blood and reduces swelling. It is used to treat dysentery with pus and blood, stranguria with heat, stranguria with blood, leucorrhea, carbuncles, ulcers, erysipelas, and leprosy. It is used for diarrhea and dysentery caused by damp heat, often with Coptis chinensis and costusroot. Take it orally or apply the juice externally to treat carbuncles. It is also used for bloody stool and uterine bleeding, and has a hemostatic effect.

(1) Tang Materia Medica: It is used to treat all kinds of swelling, fistula, warts and eyes. Crush it and drink the juice to treat nausea, stranguria, bleeding from wounds, hemorrhage, and eczema. It is especially good for children. Use the juice to wash lips, facial pimples, horse sweat, and herpes simplex virus to cure the disease.

(2) Meng Xi: For wet ringworm and white baldness, apply horse tooth paste mixed with ash. It can be used to treat malnutrition, dysentery and all kinds of wind, and can be applied to cane so

(3) "Compendium of Materia Medica for Dietary Therapy": Mingmen. It also treats malnutrition and dysentery.

(4) "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica": Stops thirst.

(5) "Shu Materia Medica": It is used to treat corpse feet (human feet often crack regardless of winter or summer) and swelling of the genitals.

(6) Kaibao Materia Medica: It cures blindness, promotes urination and defecation, relieves cold and heat, kills insects, quenches thirst, and breaks up carbuncles and ulcers. Burn it into ashes, mix it with years of vinegar residue, and use it to moxibustion the swelling first. Seal it and the roots will come out. Crush it and drink the juice. It can help expel bad things and remove white worms.

(7) "Daily Materia Medica": Cools the liver and removes cataracts.

(8) "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": replenishes Qi, relieves summer heat, soothes the middle and lower Qi, moistens the intestines, eliminates stagnation, kills parasites, and treats redness, swelling, and pain of sores.

(9) Compendium of Materia Medica: It can disperse blood and reduce swelling, facilitate bowel movements and induce abortion, detoxify and relieve stranguria, and treat postpartum sweating.

(10) "Essentials of Herbal Medicines": Treats dysentery, clears away heat and toxicity, and washes hemorrhoids, malnutrition, and carbuncle.

Purslane has many benefits, but it is recommended not to eat it during menstruation. You should try to avoid taking medicines during menstruation, and purslane is no exception. If you really want to eat it, it would be better to consult a doctor's advice. You need to be careful during your menstrual period and try to avoid many taboos.