Keep a pot of cactus at home, and you'll have enough for anti-inflammatory use, weight loss, health care and cooking
Besides having prickly spines, cactus can also be eaten, brewed as tea, cooked as a dish, and used for health care. In fact, it can also be used to treat many diseases, and as medical research goes deeper and deeper, more and more effects of cactus have been discovered. Isn't it very amazing?
The most common one is that when someone at home has itchy skin or has been bitten by mosquitoes or insects, you just cut off half a cactus and rub it on, and it gets better. It really works. In fact, the effects of cactus go far beyond these.
1. Anti-inflammatory
Cactus has a clear inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus. It is said that in the Americas, where cacti are abundant, Indigenous peoples have always used cactus as medicine and also as an important vegetable, using it to treat toothache, skin diseases, insomnia, rheumatism, colds and many other ailments. Now more and more effects of cactus are being developed.
1. Tenosynovitis, unbearably painful, then apply some cactus. Remove the spines and peel from a piece, apply it to the swollen and painful area, and replace the cactus every other day. The swelling and pain can be greatly relieved.
2. Acute mastitis. If a woman has mastitis, don't panic. Take a piece of cactus, remove the spines, mash it, mix it with a little alcohol, and apply it to the affected area. If it is severe, you can apply it several more times. This is purely natural and has no side effects.
3. Mumps, also called swollen cheeks. When I was little, almost every child got it, and the cheeks swelled up very large. However, if you mash cactus and apply it below the ears, it will be relieved after a few times.
4. Burns and scalds. If you accidentally burn yourself, quickly take some cactus and apply it to the burned area. The pain will be relieved quickly, and milder cases will heal quickly. If it is severe, rub it with cactus to relieve it a little, and then seek medical treatment.
2. Treating gastrointestinal diseases
If you have gastrointestinal disease and are suffering terribly, then eat some cactus. You can remove the spines from the cactus and use it in dishes or soup. It is not only tasty, but also greatly relieves gastrointestinal disease and can help stomach pain recover as soon as possible.
3. Lowering blood lipids and blood sugar
If eaten, cactus can delay fat absorption and has the effects of lowering cholesterol, blood lipids and blood sugar. For some friends who are too obese or have slightly high blood lipids and blood sugar, it is a good dietary therapy, safe and without toxic side effects.
4. Colds and coughs
If a cold and cough just won't go away, then eat some cactus. It can tonify the spleen, calm the mind, help with sleep, and relieve cough, and the cough can soon be alleviated.
5. Delaying aging
This is what people want to do most. Everyone wants to keep their youth forever. Cactus is rich in nutrients and various minerals needed by the human body, and has antioxidant effects. Eating it often can strengthen the constitution and delay aging.
In addition, it can also treat diarrhoea caused by dysentery, frostbite and other conditions. It is a very good purely natural green food. Usually, you can also clean off the spines, cut it into shreds, and serve it cold dressed. The taste is quite good, and most importantly, it can treat diseases.
At home, for brewing tea, eating as a dish, health care, anti-inflammatory use, detoxification, and anti-aging, keeping one pot of cactus is enough. Cactus has quite many effects, and it can also help with weight loss and support the treatment of liver disease. You would never have expected it!
However, cactus is a cold-natured plant. People with too much cold in the body or poor spleen and stomach had better not eat cactus often or eat too much at one time, as it easily causes diarrhoea. Also, not all cacti can be eaten. If you want to eat it, eat edible cactus. If you are not sure what the name of your cactus is, it is best not to eat it carelessly!