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| Parslane - Medicinal Properties and BenefitsParslaneParslane is a small, smooth fleshy annual herb that grows up to 30 cm in height. It is a popular green leafy vegetable. The leaves are simple, thick, smooth and succulent. The herb has very few branches and the stem is feeble, smooth shiny and light pink in color. It has yellow flowers and small fruits containing numerous black seeds. The leaves are mildly salty, sour and contain mucilage. They are refrigerant and produce a feeling of coolness.Parslane consist of moisture 90.5 percent, protein 2.4 percent, fat 0.6 percent, minerals 2.3 percent, fiber 1.3 percent and carbohydrates 2.9 percent per 100 grams. Its mineral and vitamin contents are calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and vitamin C. Botanical Name: Portulaca oleraceaa Indian Name: Kulfa Health Benefits of Parslane Below are some of the medicinal properties of parslane: - In diarrhea and dysentery, parslane seeds relieve griping pains, tenesmus which is the ineffectual straining to relieve the bowels and other painful effects of dysentery and mucous diarrhea. They should preferably be given in combination with other drugs or herbs like fenugreek leaves, mint juice and powdered mango seeds. - A teaspoon of its seed taken everyday with water for three to four months can increase the body’s own insulin and help in curing diabetes.. - Parslane is an effective diet in dysuria, which is marked by pain or difficulty in passing urine. The leaves are also useful in this disorder. A teaspoon of the infusion is given twice a day. Its seeds are beneficial in treating scanty urination due excessive sweating. A teaspoon of emulsion of the seeds prepared by mixing a teaspoon of the seeds in a glass of tender coconut water and administered thrice daily can cure such disorders. It also reduces the burning sensation of cystitis. - It is commonly used as a medicine to cool the body during summer. The juice of its stem can be applied with gratifying results to prickly heat and to allay heat and burning of hands and feet. The paste of its leave can also be used similarly. A poultice of the leaves can be applied to the temples as an emollient to allay pain. - Parslane leaves are useful in the treatment of mild type of blood expectoration – that is bleeding from the mouth, nose and rectum. The juice from its leaves, mixed with a teaspoon of fresh lime juice and honey is taken thrice daily. - A poultice of the leaves can be applied with beneficial results to burns, scalds and many other skin diseases like boils, ulcers, wounds and carbuncles. It can also be applied as a coolant in erysipelas, a streptococcal infection of the skin. Its leaves are useful in allaying irritations of the skin and in reducing swelling and pain. |
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