Cactus, a food and medicinal plant

Author: Han Jianqing
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Publication Date: 2001-03-01
Features: Cactus is the new generation's "green health food," with high edible and medicinal value, making it worth developing and introducing. After actively and diligently collecting and preparing materials, with the help of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmaceutical University, we wrote this book with the aim of widely introducing this little-known green health product to the public and using it to serve human health. At the same time, since cactus cultivation and breeding are simple, require low management, have low costs and high yields, it is suitable for large-scale or home planting, also opening up a new path for people to achieve wealth through science and technology. This book introduces the ecological characteristics, cultivation, management, and harvesting conditions and methods of cactus, as well as various recipes, medicinal diet plans, and the specific clinical applications of cactus. Through modern pharmacological research and analysis, the value of cactus development and utilization has been determined. Cactus is rich in vitamins and trace elements, with the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory, lowering blood lipid and blood sugar, and enhancing immunity.