Prickly pear is used for food accumulation (food indigestion and stagnation in the stomach) fullness and other stomach disorders can be decoction soup internal use, etc., should be used in accordance with medical advice.
Prickly pear is the Rosaceae plant reeling flower and the fruit of single-petal reeling flower. It is sweet, sour, astringent and flat in nature, and belongs to the spleen, kidney and stomach meridians. It has the efficacy of eliminating food, strengthening stomach and stopping diarrhea. Used for food accumulation and fullness, diarrhea and other diseases.
Prickly pear taking method is decoction soup internal use, or directly raw product to take. About the use of prickly pear in the treatment of stomach disorders, less documented. There is a record of literature for infants and children with autumn diarrhea can be used fresh prickly pear seeds with water decoction, concentrated, 3 times a day, warm water, taken on an empty stomach.
Prickly pear contraindications and adverse reactions have not been clearly defined, for the above conditions need to be directed by a doctor.