This kind of plant may not feel familiar until you look at the picture.

Talk about a very common plant, but no one will keep it, but you can see it on the edge of the village, in the wilderness, by the field, by the side of the road, and you certainly don't know it. Because what we want to talk about is the weed, which is also known in some places as Qiandao, cricket grass, Newton grass, Niu Xin brown, chestnut grass, millet grass, pheasant feet, millet cattle eggplant grass.

Because its root system is extremely developed, it is not easy to shovel and hoe, the ability to absorb soil water and nutrients is very strong, and the demand for soil is not high, so it often competes with agricultural materials for water, nutrients and light energy, and interferes with and limits the growth of other crops. It also increases the cost of management labor and production, which can be said to be a very annoying weed.

However, as the editor has said before, existence makes sense. Although it looks inconspicuous and seems to be a useless weed, any plant that is useless in traditional Chinese medicine can have its medicinal value, and so is it. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, dispelling wind and dampness, dispelling blood stasis and stopping bleeding.

It can also prevent and cure Japanese encephalitis, and it has been handed down since ancient times that Niu Gan Cao fried water, often taken in large quantities, has a wonderful effect on epidemic prevention and anti-plague. However, it mainly treats fever, acute shock in children, jaundice, dysentery, gonorrhea, adverse urination and other diseases. External use can also treat injuries caused by falls, traumatic bleeding and dog bites.

Euphorbia angustifolia can not only be used medicinally, but also has other effects. For example, it is an excellent soil conservation plant, because its root system is extremely developed, and the culm leaves are strong and tough, and the whole plant can make feed. It is also said that in the past, when cattle were still used in rural areas, only oxen grass could cure excessive injuries caused by oxen service (I don't know whether it was true or not).