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What are the effects and uses of Echeveria?

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This is a succulent plant named Echeveria because its leaves resemble gemstones and its shape resembles a lotus. Actually, you can probably tell just from the name that it is beautiful. However, some people think that good-looking flowers are merely good-looking and have no practical value, but that is a big misunderstanding of Echeveria. How could such a beautiful flower be only ornamental and useless? Its value far exceeds its appearance. You surely do not know what values it possesses.

1. For consumption

(1) After washing its leaves with clean water, they can be chewed directly. If they cannot be swallowed because of their sweet but bland taste, they can be dipped in table salt, honey, plum powder, fructose, or other seasonings.

(2) Fresh petals of this flower can be paired with vegetables to make a vegetable salad, which is also edible.

(3) After washing the leaves, they can be blended directly into juice and drunk, or blended with fruits such as apples, oranges, grapefruits, and pineapples into juice and drunk.

2. For medicinal use

Echeveria has a cool nature and contains various dietary fibers, a large amount of minerals, multiple vitamins, as well as beneficial substances such as nicotinic acid, folic acid, and beta-carotene. Therefore, it has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, eliminating uric acid, removing uremic toxins, and lowering blood sugar, and it can also help the body exchange substances with the outside world more effectively. It mainly enters the liver and kidney meridians and has the effects of cooling blood and calming the liver. It can treat diseases such as cirrhosis, damp-heat hepatitis, liver spots, gout, high blood pressure, periodontal pain, dark spots, and leukorrhea. Not only that, Echeveria also has a good controlling therapeutic effect on the worsening of chronic diseases such as chronic pharyngitis and chronic rhinitis.

3. For ornamental use

Echeveria is divided into many varieties, including Yudie, Longyue, Black Prince, and Dongmeiren. Their leaf flesh is plump and thick, with multiple layers of branches and leaves overlapping each other. Together with the rosette beneath the branches and leaves, they form a unique shape that is refreshing to the eye. Placing it in locations such as a balcony can play a role in green eye protection and can also add a touch of vitality to the home. Its care is relatively simple, and it does not require a great deal of effort at all, so it is especially suitable to keep at home.

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