What kind of grass is Crane grass?

Ampelopsis grossedentata is a perennial herb of Rosaceae. The whole grass, roots and winter buds are used as medicine, and the tender stems and leaves are edible. They are not only nutritious, but also have a strong anti-cancer effect. China's north and south provinces are produced, mostly in forests, hillsides, roadsides, central Europe and the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Korea, Japan and northern Vietnam are distributed.

The root of Crane grass is mostly tuber-shaped, the rhizome is short, and there are often 1 to several underground buds at the base. Stem 30-120 cm tall, sparsely pilose and pubescent, sparse lower part sparsely hirsute. Leaves are intermittent odd-pinnate, petiole sparsely pilose or pubescent. Leaflets sessile or shortly stipitate, Obovate-elliptic or Obovate-lanceolate. Stipules herbaceous, green, falcate, sparsely ovate, apex acute or acuminate, margin acutely serrate or lobes, lower stem stipules sometimes ovate-lanceolate.

Inflorescences spikelike racemose terminal, branched or unbranched, inflorescence rachis pilose, pedicels 1-5 mm, pilose. Bracts usually deeply 3-lobed, lobes banded, bracteoles ovate opposite, entire or marginal divided. Flowers 6-9 mm in diameter, sepals triangular-ovate, petals yellow-oblong. The fruit is Obovate-conical, with 10 ribs outside, sparsely pilose, with several layers of hooks at the top, erect when young and close at maturity. The hooks are 7-8 mm long and 3-4 mm in diameter at the widest point. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to December.

Crane grass likes the warm and humid environment, the suitable growth temperature is 20: 30 ℃, and the soil requirements are not strict, but it is better to plant seeds or split roots in sandy loam with deep soil layer and loose and fertile soil. Spring sowing in late March in the south, mid-April or late April in the north, autumn sowing in the south from late September to early October, and north from late October to early November before ground freezing, root reproduction can be carried out in spring and autumn.

Crane grass taste bitter, astringent, sexual flat, return to the intestine, stomach, spleen meridian, with hemostasis, stomach, slippery intestine, stop dysentery, insecticidal effect, the main treatment of fatigue fatigue, women with irregular menstruation, red avalanche leucorrhea, stomach cold abdominal pain, red and white dysentery, hematemesis, hemoptysis, intestinal wind, urine blood, uterine bleeding, duodenal bleeding and other diseases.