Every part of the vối tree, from the leaves to the buds, has beneficial properties. The leaves, young branches, and vối buds have a pleasant and distinctive aroma. As a result, people often boil vối water or make vối tea for daily refreshment, similar to green tea.
Not only that, vối leaves, vối buds, and vối fruit can be harvested to make drinks and medicinal remedies. According to Traditional Medicine, the bitterness in vối leaf water will stimulate the secretion of digestive fluids, protect the intestinal mucosa, and can be used to treat stomach pain, diarrhea, chronic colitis, bloating, indigestion, and loose stools…
In vối leaves and vối buds, there are tannins, several minerals, and vitamins, and about 4% essential oil with a pleasant fragrance. Some antibiotics can kill many types of pathogenic bacteria such as Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, diphtheria bacteria, anthrax bacteria, Salmonella, Bacillus subtilis…
Vối leaves have the effect of supporting gout treatment
Vối leaves are considered a rescuer for those suffering from gout – the “disease of the rich”. According to Dr. Bùi Hồng Minh (Chairman of the Traditional Medicine Association of Ba Đình District, Hanoi), vối leaves and buds have the function of aiding the digestion of food, especially fatty and oily foods, reducing fat, promoting diuresis and detoxification. Gout patients often consume fatty sweet substances, resulting in the accumulation of uric acid; on the other hand, the digestive and excretory system of gout patients is not functioning properly, leading to the deposition of uric acid in the joints, causing swelling, heat, redness, and joint pain.
The effect of vối buds in supporting diabetes treatment
An interesting study is the effect of vối buds in supporting diabetes treatment. The experimental and clinical studies conducted by the National Nutrition Institute (Vietnam) and the Women’s University of Japan have proven that flavonoids in vối bud tea are very effective in supporting the prevention and treatment of diabetes patients.
If a diabetes patient regularly drinks vối bud tea, it will help stabilize blood sugar levels, reduce blood fat, antioxidant cell protection, protect beta cells of the pancreas, preventing opacity of the lens in diabetes patients and help improve basic metabolism. What is particularly special is that drinking vối buds does not have significant side effects, so it can be consumed regularly.
Heat relief and detoxification
Vối leaves contain an abundant source of minerals and vitamins to provide energy for the body. Water made from vối leaves not only tastes good but also gives a refreshing and pleasant feeling when consumed. Vối leaves also have the functions of quenching thirst, detoxifying the liver and kidneys, and promoting the excretion of toxins through urine.
With filtered water, the body will excrete it completely after about 30 – 40 minutes. But with vối water, the body will only excrete about 1/5 of the water consumed, and the rest will be gradually excreted later. Thanks to the slower excretion, the body does not lose water, reducing the feeling of thirst.
Digestive support
Vối leaves have the function of supporting digestion, vối leaf water helps stimulate the stomach to secrete more digestive fluids for better digestion, preventing bloating and indigestion.
Moreover, you can also use vối products in combination with digestive support supplements to improve digestion function, reduce constipation, bloating, indigestion, and enhance nutrient absorption.
Antibacterial
Some scientific studies have shown that triterpenic acids in vối leaves have anti-inflammatory effects, stabilize blood sugar levels, are antiviral, and fight against tumors, helping to prevent infections and bacterial infections caused by wounds.
Treating skin diseases
In vối leaves, there are natural antibiotics that help heal and regenerate the skin and inhibit the growth of bacteria in diseases such as ulcers, scabies, dermatitis.
Fresh or dried vối leaves are considered antibacterial remedies used to treat many skin diseases such as scabies and pus-filled pimples. In fact, people often use vối leaves to crush and boil with water to use the concentrated water to wash their hair and effectively treat scalp itching.
Good for pregnant women
This type of tree can help enhance breast milk function and better nutrient absorption during pregnancy. However, due to their antibacterial nature, pregnant women should consider using it to avoid killing beneficial bacteria in the intestines.
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