What is the efficacy and function of Pogostemon cablin?

Pogostemon cablin Etmey。 ) o.ktze is also known as: lotus fragrance, Tibetan ointment, anise, etc. , belonging to Labiatae, is a perennial herb of Labiatae. The stem is erect, 0.5~ 1.5m high, quadrangular, 7~8mm thick, the leaves are ovate to oblong-lanceolate, the corolla is purple-blue, about 8mm long, and the mature nutlet is ovoid and about 65438+ long.

1, nutrition:

Pogostemon cablin is a kind of food with high calcium and carotene content. 100g Each young leaf contains 72g of water, 8.6g of protein, 0.7g of fat, 0.0g of carbohydrate, 6.38mg of carotene and 0.0g of vitamin B/kloc-? 0. 1mg, vitamin B20.38mg, nicotinic acid/kloc-0.2mg, vitamin C23mg, calcium 580mg, phosphorus/kloc-0.04mg and iron 28.5mg The whole plant contains 0.5% of aromatic volatile oil, and the main components are methyl piperonal (about 80%), limonene and α.

Step 2 eat:

The edible parts of Pogostemon cablin are generally tender stems and leaves, and their tender stems and leaves are excellent game products. Can be cold, fried, fried, or porridge. Pogostemon cablin can also be used as cooking seasoning or material. Because it has the effect of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, it is a kind of cooking material with the same origin of medicine and food, so it is used in some uncommon dishes and folk snacks to increase its nutritional value.

3, medicinal:

Pogostemon cablin pharmacopoeia. Pogostemon cablin of Blanco and Pogostemon cablin of Pogostemon cablin can only be used as medicine. Harvest when the branches and leaves are lush, and the sun is stuffy at night and dry repeatedly. Processing: remove residual roots and impurities, first shake the leaves, sieve them and put them away; Wash the stem, fully wet it, cut it into sections, dry it in the sun, and then mix it with the leaves. Sexual taste and channel tropism are pungent and slightly warm. Enter spleen, stomach and lung meridians.

Indications: aromatic turbidity, anti-vomiting and relieving summer heat. It can be used for treating collateral obstruction due to dampness, epigastric pain, exterior syndrome of summer-heat dampness, attack of dampness and temperature, fever and fatigue, chest distress, cold-dampness blocking summer-heat, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, and nasal headache.

Pogostemon cablin has bactericidal function. A leaf in your mouth can remove bad breath, prevent infectious diseases and serve as a preservative. In summer, using Pogostemon Pogostemon to cook porridge or make tea is effective for severe summer dampness, damp-heat of spleen and stomach, abdominal distension, heavy limb drowsiness, nausea and vomiting.