Can Houttuynia cordata generally help lose weight?

Houttuynia cordata has no weight loss effect, so don't expect to achieve weight loss by eating Houttuynia cordata. Houttuynia cordata is often used as a traditional Chinese medicine and has a good effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. This plant is mainly distributed in large areas of southern my country, especially in provinces such as Sichuan, Chongqing and Guizhou. It is really sad. In rural areas, Houttuynia cordata can be seen everywhere in the fields. Many villagers use this grass as cold food during the growing season.

Enhance immunity: Houttuynia cordata and Houttuynia cordata decoction can significantly promote the phagocytic ability of white blood cells and enhance the body's immune function. The large amount of potassium salt contained in Houttuynia cordata has a diuretic effect. Improve capillary fragility: Houttuynia cordata can improve capillary fragility, inhibit serous secretion, promote tissue regeneration, help relieve pain, stop bleeding, and relieve cough. As a medicine, it is mainly used to treat pneumonia, whooping cough, tracheitis, mastitis, otitis media, etc., and has high medicinal value.

Blackening hair: Houttuynia cordata can promote hair growth, turn grey hair black, and has the effect of nourishing and strengthening the body. Resist bacteria: Houttuynia cordata contains volatile oil components such as houttuynia cordata, which have a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus albus, Shigella dysenteriae, etc. Inhibit influenza: The whole plant of Houttuynia cordata can be used as medicine, which has obvious inhibitory effects on influenza virus and pneumonia bacteria. It also has medical effects such as detoxification, heat clearing, analgesia, cough relief, gas relief, and stomach strengthening. It can be used externally to treat scabies, eczema, hemorrhoids and other diseases. It has a diuretic effect, causing capillaries to dilate, increasing renal blood flow and urine secretion, so it is also used to relieve frequent and painful urination caused by urinary tract infections.

The above introduces some of the effects of Houttuynia cordata, which shows that this plant has no effect on weight loss at all. The claims online that you can lose weight by soaking Houttuynia cordata or eating it cold are completely unreliable. If you want to lose weight, you should participate in physical exercise, such as running in the morning, doing mental fitness training in the gym, etc., and also eat less greasy food.