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Name (CN)	马齿苋 (Mǎ chǐ xiàn)
Synonyms (CN)	马苋、马齿草、马齿菜、马铃菜、五行草、长命菜、五方草、长命苋、马苋菜、猪母菜、瓜仁菜、瓜子菜、长寿菜、马蛇子菜
Name (EN)	Purslane, All-Grass Of Purslane
Scientific name(s)	Portulaca Oleracea, Herba Portulacae, Portulacae Herba
Used section	Above-ground section
Taste	Sour
Channel Tropism	Induce in the liver and large intestine meridians.
Cold/Hot properties	Cold
Group	Plant [Vegetables And Products]

Origin	It is the dried above-ground part of Portulaca oleracea L., family Amaranthaceae.
Function and treatment	Clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling the blood and stopping bleeding. Used for febrile and bloody dysentery, carbuncles and furuncles, eczema, dermatitis, snake and insect bites, blood in stool and hemorrhoids.
Origin and best harvesting period	Amaranthus is distributed throughout the country. Amaranthus is sown once and harvested many times, and the harvest is picked. The picking should be done before flowering to keep the stems and leaves fresh and the newly grown leaflets are the best part for consumption. The top of the young stem can be pinched continuously, pinching the middle and upper part, leaving the base of the stem to produce new shoots to keep the plant growing until frost. When harvesting, you can also inter-pull and harvest the big ones and leave the small ones.

No.	Name(s)
COMP-000280	α-tocopherol; vitamin e; alpha-tocopherol
COMP-000320	fructose; d-fructose
COMP-000336	aspartate; aspartic acid
COMP-000342	glutamic acid; dl-glutamic acid
COMP-000346	alanine
COMP-000352	elaidic acid; 9-octadecenoic acid
COMP-000439	oleic acid, methyl ester; methyl oleate
COMP-000485	2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol; 4-vinylguaiacol; 4-vinyl guaiacol; 4-ethenyl-2-methoxyphenol
COMP-000539	myrcene; beta-myrcene; 7-methyl-3-methylene-1,6-octadiene
COMP-000545	palmitoleic acid; cis-9-hexadecenoic acid
COMP-000637	benzeneacetaldehyde; phenylacetaldehyde; phenyl acetaldehyde; hyacinthin
COMP-000733	aromadendrene; alloaromadendrene; alloaromadedrene; 1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylenedecahydro-1h-cyclopropa[e]azulene; (-)-alloaromadendrene
COMP-000791	nonacosane; n-nonacosane
COMP-000816	trans-isoeugenol; isoeugenol
COMP-000849	adenine
COMP-000884	patchulane; patchoulane; 1h-3a,7-methanoazulene, octahydro-1,4,9,9-tetramethyl-
COMP-000946	oleic acid, ethyl ester; ethyl oleate; ethyl-oleate
COMP-000967	kaempferol
COMP-000982	alpha-humulene; humulene; α-humulene; alpha-caryophyllene
COMP-001041	sucrose; saccharose; sugar
COMP-001145	cedorol; cedrol; α-cedrol
COMP-001163	thiamine hydrochloride; vitamin b1
COMP-001189	myricetin
COMP-001579	luteolin 7-glucoside; cinaroside; galuteolin; luteolin-7-glucoside; luteoloside; luteolin 7-o-glucoside; luteolin-7-o-glucoside
COMP-001591	isoschaftoside; isoshaftoside