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Plant Information
Common Asian Names: Paetumpung (Thailand), Mollucan Spinach, Sambung Nyawa 'extending life' (Malaysia), Daun Dewa (Indonesia), Akar Sebiak, Kelemai Merah, "NAN FEI YE" "Bai Bing Ca" (Chinese).
Scientific Name: Gynura procumbens
United States: Green Harmony, Longevity Spinach, Cholesterol Spinach
Description:
• Perennial
• Growing 10 – 25 cm tall.
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Young stems are green, turning light purple with green spots.
• New shoots and branches appear frequently at base and leaf nodes.
• Fleshy branches can be trimmed and pinched regularly to grow as a low bush, or staked on trellis.
Culinary Uses:
• Leaf vegetable - Incredible taste, perfect addition to any salad, or stand alone salad.
• Young leaves/ shoots can be eaten fresh by itself/ included in rice dishes/ mixed in with salads (like lettuce or spinach).
• Fresh Juice or Smoothie
• Cook with butter /add to a casserole /soup/ stir-fried (fry garlic in a little oil and then saute the leaves and young shoots in oyster sauce)/ sauteed lightly like one would spinach.
• Tea. Parts Used: • Leaves, shoots.
• Keep in the fridge.
Medicinal Folk Medicine Uses.
It is said that:
• Lowers blood sugar (diabetes), cholesterol (lipid, serum, triglyceride levels).
• Topical inflammation, rheumatism, viral ailments, diarrhea, dysentery, febrifuges, hypertension, urinary tract infection, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic.
• Anti-cancer: Inhibition effect on growth of cancer cells.
• Contains Asparaginase, kind of enzyme to inhibit protein syntheses by hydrolyzing asparagines (amino acid which is very essentially, needed by cancer/tumor cells) into aspartic acid and ammonia, so the cancer cells/tumor cells will stop growing and die.
• Poultice: relieves rheumatic and general body-pains.
Many countries throughout Asia have multiple folk medicine uses for this miraculous herb.
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This FRESH LEAF that YOU GROW is packed full of LIVE Super Antioxidants, LIVE Enzymes, and antiviral, anti-inflammatory, Super Alkalizing characteristics.
To Your Health!
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These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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