The role of copper money grass (practical effect introduction)

The roots, stems and leaves of Rabdosia angustifolia can be cooked as vegetables; they can also be used as traditional Chinese medicine to cure wind, solidify intestines, clear eyes and clear summer heat, and so on.

Usage part: the whole herb can be used as medicine, which has the effect of diuresis.

Collection time: summer and autumn.

Properties: slightly cold, bitter taste; heat-clearing and dehumidification, detoxification and diuresis. Nicknames: avalanche big bowl, horseshoe grass, Lei Gonggen, shellfish grass, copper grass, Luoda.

Preparation method: remove impurities, wash, slice, and dry.

Character: this product is often curled up into a ball. The root is cylindrical, long 2~4cm, 1~1.5mm in diameter, the surface is yellowish or grayish yellow. The stem is slender and curved, yellowish brown, with fine longitudinal wrinkles, and there are often bearded roots on the nodes. The leaves are wrinkled and broken, and the intact ones are nearly round or reniform after flattening, with a diameter of 1~4cm, grayish green, with thick obtuse teeth on the margin, and a long 3~6cm, twisted petiole. Umbels axillary, short. The double suspension fruit is oblate, with prominent longitudinal edges and fine reticulation, and the fruiting pedicel is very short. The breath is light and the taste is light.

Test prescription:

1. Exogenous summer heat, nasopharynx: Centella asiatica, alternanthera philoxeroides, Artemisia annua (all fresh), smash and take with cold boiled water.

two。 Exogenous wind and heat: 60 grams of fresh Centella asiatica, 4 white-necked earthworms, smashed altogether, fried in water and taken 3 times a day.

The classics of nature and taste: bitter, bitter, cold. The meridians of liver, spleen and kidney.

Functional indications: clearing heat and promoting dampness, detoxification and detumescence. For damp-heat jaundice, heatstroke and diarrhea, sand and blood, carbuncle, sore and sore, fall injury.

Usage: 15g / 30g; double fresh products. Storage: store in a dry place.