Doctor shares the wonderful benefits of jelly leaf

Specialist Doctor 2 Huynh Tan Vu, Head of the Day Treatment Unit, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Campus 3, said that tiliacora triandra is a climbing herb originating from Southeast Asia, widely used as medicine and food for thousands of years.

"According to Oriental medicine, the leaves of the grass jelly have a bitter taste and cool properties, and have the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, cooling the liver, laxative, treating constipation, dysentery, frequent urination, heat, etc. According to modern medical research, the leaves of the grass jelly contain a lot of vitamin A, beta carotene, phosphorus, polyphenols, flavonoids, alkaloids and minerals such as calcium and iron, etc., bringing many health benefits," Dr. Vu shared.

Prevent wrinkles, restore youthful appearance

According to research in the US, topical preparations extracted from jelly leaf, used daily, have the effect of stimulating the proliferation of fibroblasts and keratinocytes, increasing collagen expression and inhibiting collagenase activity. Thereby helping to prevent and effectively fight skin aging, improve and reduce signs of skin aging over time or due to hormones, UV rays from sunlight, reduce facial lines, wrinkles and sagging skin.

Grass jelly dish with many health benefits

Lower blood sugar, protect the liver

Jelly leaf water can effectively support the treatment of diabetes by inhibiting the process of creating sugar in the liver, stimulating the production of insulin in the body. Jelly leaf water has the potential to develop into a nutritional product to prevent the overproduction of glucose in patients with obesity, insulin resistance and diabetes.

Jelly leaf is also a medicinal herb with antioxidant, anti-cancer, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory effects, supporting blood pressure stabilization. In addition, it also reduces oxidative stress, improves memory loss, and brain dysfunction in alcoholism has been studied.

Fresh jelly leaf

Doctor Vu noted that when using the leaves of the grass jelly to make jelly, you should not overuse this refreshing snack, because it can lead to diarrhea, you should not use more than 2 cups per day, and children should only eat half a cup per day. If you love the refreshing taste of the grass jelly made from the grass jelly leaves, you can make it at home to ensure food hygiene and safety.

In the Northeast of Thailand, people call the jelly grass plant “a thousand years that never ages” because it helps prevent wrinkles and restore youthfulness. The jelly grass plant is also perennial, grows vigorously and allows users to harvest it all year round.

In Vietnam, there are two common types of jelly grass: smooth jelly grass and hairy jelly grass. They are distinguished by the characteristics of the leaves and vines of jelly grass with or without a layer of hair covering the surface. The ripe fruit of the smooth jelly grass is purple, the ripe fruit of the hairy jelly grass is red. After harvesting, the fresh jelly grass leaves and vines are washed, then kneaded with cold filtered water, filtered, and left for 1-2 hours to thicken into jelly grass. Or the jelly grass leaves are dried and stored away from moisture for later use.

According to the experience of people who often make jelly, you should choose old jelly leaves with dark green color, which will give more jelly than young leaves, and choose hairy jelly leaves, which will give smoother and tastier jelly than smooth jelly leaves. Jelly leaves harvested in the dry season will give more jelly than those harvested in the rainy season.

Grass jelly is a very popular cooling dish, especially on hot summer days like today.

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