L.portulacaceae
P. quadrifida
Yellow Portulaca
Wild
Purslane
Garden Purslane
Ruellius.
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Used as food in India and ME.
Cultivated
in Europe as of the Middle Ages.
First grown in 1582in Britain.
Known as "Ruellius"
before this in France and Italy.
Seeds boiled in wine were used for swollen gums, to relieve soreness
and to fasten loose teeth.
Purslane was said (in Culpepper),
to be a coolant when the leaves were
bruised and applied to the forehead.
With oil of Roses it was applied
to swollen gums to relieve infection and to set loosened teeth.
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Vitamin C (700 mg per 100grams of fresh
plant)
potassium salts,(1% in fresh,70% in dried plants)
urea
oxalic acid
carotenoid pigments collected from alkaloids(0.03%)
glucoside:
(ß-sitosterol)
volatile oil
organic acids (to 1%)
sacchariferoid (2%)
resins.
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scurvy
vit C
nutritive
diuretic
tonic
anti-scorbutic
pulmonary disease
urino-genital
given to children as a
vermifuge
skin remedies
vaso-constrictive properties
for
high blood pressure
to give greater heart contractions.
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