The 'side effects' of CENTELLA

In addition, liver disease or who have a history of skin lesions, cancer patients should not take CENTELLA.

Anyway, you can't deny a few uses of CENTELLA in medicine are as follows:

Nutritious food, are beneficial for the skin

CENTELLA bitter taste, cool calculation, has the effect , detoxification, cure pimples, measles, yellow fever, skin ... They are also used to lower blood pressure, improve memory and increase longevity helps blood circulate better, especially in the veins and capillaries, there is a mild diuretic effect. At the same time when becoming the inflamed or burns, mashed up spicy CENTELLA skin relief can also alleviate swelling and cooling the wound.

Especially when Asiaticosid active substances in CENTELLA exerted some epidermal cells, stimulating the horns and the effects to the cells divide rapidly healing skin wounds. Extracts from CENTELLA works against the aging of your skin, promote skin cell regeneration process of the skin and stretch the skin more toned surfaces. In addition to this vegetable also have effects against stomach ulcers, antiviral, antifungal.

Not only that, the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants in vegetables cheeks can slow the aging of your skin, improve microcirculation and the evidence of skin disease .

Good for cardiovascular diseases

CENTELLA can help reduce swelling and improve circulation in the body, especially with regard to diseases such as venous varicose veins and venous insufficiency. A study published in 2001 said the patient has venous hypertension placebo or CENTELLA in 4-week period the last week to see a significant reduction in edema, swollen ankles, pain, cramps and fatigue in the legs compared to placebo.

Wound healing

CENTELLA contains chemicals called triterpenoidscó used to speed wound healing, increase antioxidants in the wound, strengthen the skin and increasing the supply of blood to the injured area. A 2006 study that examined the effects of CENTELLA into wounds in mice.

The study found that the wound was treated with water extracted from the leaves of CENTELLA leaves can heal significantly faster than the wounds are not treated with the extract. Although testing on people who have yet to be fully realized, but the proof of this can be confirmed using the herb CENTELLA as a dozen herbal use of the healing of wounds.

Reduce anxiety

Triterpenoids in CENTELLA can also reduce anxiety and enhances mental function in some individuals. According to a study, published in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology journal in 2000, people who consumed vegetables cheeks can reduce the startled many. While these findings indicate CENTELLA can have anti-anxiety activity in humans, the researchers found that effective treatment of anxiety symptoms is still unclear.

Other benefits

From thousands of years now, the healers have known user CENTELLA for treating diseases such as psoriasis, eczema, ulcers, respiratory infections, colds, hepatitis, epilepsy, fatigue, fever, asthma and syphilis.

In Chinese medicine, also known as CENTELLA herb "circuit source of life" because it helps increase longevity. Although scientific research has yet to prove the effectiveness of this herb for the disorder in the body, but it also does not deny the effect of CENTELLA in treating insomnia, Scleroderma, circulatory disorders, cancer, increased blood pressure, memory loss, and reduce scarring associated nodules on the skin of cellulite lumps.

Side effects of CENTELLA

According To DR. Siem Hong, President of the Oriental medicine Hanoi, yet have a study would say that taking too much vegetables cheeks and with how much weight they can cause disease, but according to the normal rules, use something too much is also not good, including food.

CENTELLA is a normal vegetable and because haven't seen food poisoning so many people still use regularly, but the perspective of Oriental medicine, the outrageous inadequacies, eat too much, the pathogenesis. BS. Nguyen Hong Siem Reap also recommends using mode should have reasonable CENTELLA, avoid impact not good to our health.

Fact CENTELLA is not only a familiar vegetables but also a herbal, so when people use it should also be noted as taking the drug. Taking too much vegetables cheeks and stretching may cause complications for some blood cells, liver cells, kidney cells. One day every normal person can use a cup of CENTELLA, equivalent to about 40 grams of vegetables cheeks again, but also should not drink more than a month. If you want to use, then later to rest a minimum of half a month then use next.

The results of the study also found that taking drugs or water CENTELLA much too can suffer from headaches, even transient loss of consciousness; women taking the drug on long term may reduce CENTELLA likely become pregnant... Besides, as CENTELLA sustainability so if being filled, be careful when user, so with a few slices of ginger to warm the belly and to neutralize the welding properties of vegetables.

In some cases, CENTELLA increases blood sugar and cholesterol levels, so people with high cholesterol and diabetes should avoid abuse the use of vegetables too much cheek.

This herb can also lead to miscarriage if used during pregnancy. Therefore, children, pregnant women and nursing mothers should also avoid using this vegetable.

CENTELLA can interact with other drugs that cause drowsiness and anticonvulsants, barbiturat, benzodiazepin, smoking, sleeplessness and other antidepressants. It can also reduce the effectiveness of insulin and other diabetes drugs, as well as the drugs lower cholesterol.

CENTELLA can also have an effect of lowering effects of sedation when used with cold and cough medicines, or when drinking alcohol.

Processing and use

Due to the many uses should be widely used CENTELLA in life every day. Can mixed vegetables with cheeks the other vegetables to be eaten raw, cooked, boiled, Sauted dot lean meat soup ... but is still the most common vegetable juice cheeks.

Hot summer day, a cup of vegetables cool cheeks can cool the body, brings a refreshing feeling after several hours of outdoor activities.

Every day each person can use about 30 g to 40 g fresh CENTELLA, washed, finely crushed by grinding or pounding the Blender, add little water filter, wring out. Add less sugar, less the stone for easy drinking and adds flavor.=