This is a type of precious herbal medicine commonly used in Vietnam.
If you're looking for a game to unwind after a long day of work, while expanding your knowledge and sharpening your quick-thinking skills, try solving riddles. This game requires no complex equipment, just collect intriguing and captivating riddles.
One of the favorite types of riddles for many is crossword puzzles. To come up with the answer, it requires a rich knowledge base, diverse language skills, and lightning-fast judgment.
In a recent broadcast of the game show Lightning Fast, there was a crossword puzzle that made players break a sweat due to its difficulty. The puzzle was as follows:
'What has three letters but can't survive seven?'.
Source: Lightning Fast
As it's a crossword puzzle, pay attention to the hint words. Translating 'three' and 'seven' into Vietnamese, we get 'tam' and 'thất' respectively. At this point, you probably have your answer. 'TAM THẤT ROOT' is the correct answer recognized by the program.
This question isn't too difficult, but coming up with the answer in a short amount of time isn't simple. Therefore, to enhance your thinking and reflexes, it's advisable to regularly practice solving puzzles with family and friends.
For those who don't know, tam thất is a long-standing herbal remedy, likened to ginseng. Tam thất has dark green leaves and bears cluster fruits, turning beautiful red when ripe. Most parts of this plant are used for medicinal purposes. But the most common and representative is tam thất root. Tam thất root absorbs the essence of the soil for many years, bringing great value to human health.
Tam thất root is a precious herbal remedy that treats many diseases.
Tam thất root prefers shade and moist environments, growing in high mountainous regions above 1500m. Even in winter, when temperatures drop below 0 degrees Celsius, the root still survives. In Vietnam, this plant is cultivated in small quantities in Ha Giang, Lao Cai, Cao Bang, Son La, Lai Chau, and other areas.
In traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, tam thất root is used as the primary herbal remedy for conditions related to blood stasis, nourishing blood, pain relief, and dispelling blood stasis very effectively.
Also in the Vietnamese pharmacopoeia, tam thất root is beneficial in treating conditions such as blood stasis, bleeding disorders, blood stagnation, etc. Additionally, tam thất root treats swelling, fatigue, headaches, eye floaters, dizziness, insomnia, and restless sleep.
Tam thất root consists of two main components: saponin and flavonoid. Saponin is an important nutrient in tam thất root that helps reduce swelling and relieve pain. Saponin produces a compound that affects the nervous system, immune system, and endocrine system differently in each organ of the body. Moreover, flavonoid is also an important component present in tam thất root, helping to enhance immunity, slow down cell aging, and reduce pain and inflammation.