Many people know and have eaten cha-om very well. But did you know that cha-om itself has benefits and medicinal properties? On the other hand, it can also be harmful to some people!
Acacia concinna is a popular vegetable with a unique smell and flavor. Many people like to use it in cooking. A common menu item is to fry acacia concinna with eggs and eat it with mackerel chili paste or sour curry with acacia concinna and eggs or stir-fried three stinky things. It originated in Southeast Asia and South Asia. The stem and branches have sharp thorns and look similar to makwaen or tamarind leaves.
In addition to being an ingredient for delicious dishes, it also has benefits and herbal properties.
The nutritional value of 100 grams of Cha-om shoots provides 57 kilocalories of energy, 5.7 grams of dietary fiber, calcium, phosphorus, and other vitamins.
Properties of Cha-om
- Helps fight free radicals as it is high in vitamin A.
- Cha-om shoots can help reduce body heat.
- A sweet vegetable like cha-om has the properties of being an elixir of life.
- Helps with bowel movements and prevents constipation.
- Cha-om roots can be ground and eaten to relieve flatulence, bloating, stomachache, and to expel gas from the intestines.
- Helps nourish tendons
- Helps relieve symptoms of red rash on the tongue.
Other benefits of cha-om
- Help restore dry, damaged hair with split ends with the Cha-om hair fermentation water recipe. Simply boil about 1 handful of Cha-om leaves with 3 cups of water until you get a concentrated Cha-om water. Strain to get only the water. When you’re done washing your hair, soak a towel in the Cha-om water that has been prepared, wring it out until damp, and use it to wipe your hair all over. Leave it on for about 10 minutes and then rinse it off. This โปรโมชั่น ufabet will help bring dry hair back to life.
The dangers of cha-om
- For new mothers, you should not eat cha-om because it will dry up your breast milk. For new mothers, they are very allergic to the smell of this vegetable, so you should stay away from it.
- Cha-om in the rainy season may have a sour taste and a pungent smell. Sometimes it can cause stomachaches (Cha-om is usually eaten in the hot season).
- Cha-om contains uric acid, which is the cause of arthritis in gout patients, which is caused by purines. Cha-om also contains moderate to high levels of purines.
Gout patients can eat it, but should eat it in limited quantities. If it is severe, it should not be eaten because it will cause bone pain.
- Pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, which is a common bacteria found in the environment such as soil, water and air, may be found when we use cha-om vegetables contaminated with this substance to cook without washing them several times or not cooking them thoroughly before eating.