The efficacy and effects of the herbal plant Portulaca oleracea

Purslane has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, stopping bleeding, and anti-inflammatory and antidiarrheal properties. Purslane's ability to clear heat and detoxify is primarily used to treat fever, toxic inflammation, and heat-toxin-related diseases, thereby alleviating symptoms such as redness, swelling, heat, and pain in the skin. Purslane also has hemostatic properties, capable of clearing heat and cooling the blood, providing relief for uterine bleeding, bloody stools, and hemorrhoidal bleeding.

In addition, purslane possesses anti-inflammatory and antidiarrheal effects, mainly used in treating dysentery, improving gastrointestinal discomfort, and relieving difficult defecation.