Can Purslane Lower Blood Sugar?

Purslane is a common food in people's lives, and most people like to eat it. But does anyone know? Eating purslane can lower blood sugar, therefore, purslane is also known as the longevity vegetable. Therefore, eating more purslane can help lower blood sugar, but its effect is not as obvious as that of drugs. Therefore, people with high blood sugar also need to take medication. Of course, Purslane has many other functions. Let’s learn about them below.

1. Eating purslane can lower blood sugar:

Purslane is cold in nature and sour in taste, and enters the liver and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and reducing swelling, anti-inflammatory, thirst quenching and diuresis. Purslane contains high concentrations of norepinephrine and dihydroxyphenylethylamine (a precursor of norepinephrine), which can adjust the body's sugar metabolism process, promote the secretion of insulin by the pancreas, regulate the body's sugar metabolism, and achieve the effect of lowering blood sugar.

2. Benefits of eating purslane:

1. Diuresis, swelling and lowering blood pressure

Purslane contains a large amount of potassium salt, which has a good diuretic and anti-edema effect; potassium ions can also act directly on the blood vessel walls, causing the blood vessel walls to dilate and prevent the thickening of the arterial walls, thereby lowering blood pressure.

2. Prevent heart disease

Purslane contains active substances such as potassium salt, flavonoids, cardiac glycosides and rich fatty acids, which can inhibit the production of serum cholesterol and triglycerides in the human body, promote vasodilation, prevent platelet aggregation, coronary artery spasm and thrombosis, thereby playing a role in preventing heart disease.

3. Lower blood sugar

Purslane contains high concentrations of norepinephrine and dihydroxyphenylethylamine (a precursor of norepinephrine), which can adjust the body's sugar metabolism process, promote the secretion of insulin by the pancreas, regulate the body's sugar metabolism, and achieve the effect of lowering blood sugar.

4. Eliminate dust and poison

Purslane can eliminate dust toxins, prevent degeneration and necrosis of phagocytes, prevent lymphatic vessel inflammation and fibrous changes, prevent the formation of silicosis nodules, and has a certain effect on vitiligo.

5. Promote ulcer healing

Purslane contains more carotene, which can promote ulcer healing and is beneficial to patients with gastric ulcers.

6. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory

Purslane is known as a natural antibiotic. It has a strong inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae, Salmonella typhi and Escherichia coli, and can be used as an auxiliary treatment for various inflammations.

7. Anti-aging and anti-cancer

Purslane also contains vitamin E and carotene, both of which are natural antioxidants that can effectively prevent damage to human tissues caused by free radicals.

8. Treating high blood pressure

Kangfu Decoction treats hypertension by using traditional Chinese medicine to calm the liver and suppress yang, nourish the kidneys and liver, replenish qi and blood, relieve spasms and stabilize blood pressure. It is currently the best and ideal choice for curing hypertension.

3. How to eat purslane:

Purslane is a wild vegetable that has been eaten by Chinese people for a long time and it does have a unique flavor. In summer and autumn, pick those with lush, tender and juicy stems and leaves, remove the roots, wash and blanch them to soften them, gently squeeze out the juice, mix it with salt, rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sesame oil and other condiments and seasonings, and eat it as a cold dish. It tastes fresh, smooth and tasty. It can also be made into pancakes or steamed as fillings. People in many parts of our country still have the habit of washing, blanching, chopping, drying and storing purslane as a winter vegetable.

4. How to choose purslane?

The best ones are those with small plants, tender texture, neat and less broken parts, many leaves, green color and no impurities. When purchasing Purslane, it should have a faint odor and a slightly sour and sticky taste. The best ones are those with small plants, tender texture, many green leaves.

It can be seen that purslane has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on diabetes, and people with diabetes may wish to add it to their diet.