The efficacy and function of kidney grass

Traditional Chinese medicine often has unexpected effects in the treatment of certain diseases, so you can choose it with confidence. However, when choosing Chinese medicine, you need to understand the medicine so that when treating the disease, you will know what kind of medicine is the best choice. Let us introduce the traditional Chinese medicine kidney grass.

【English Name】 all-grass of Lance Herminium

[Other names] Double kidney grass, kidney capsule grass, scale grass, snake tail grass, snake grass, chicken heart fritillary, human head seven

[Source] Medicinal material source: the tuberous roots and whole herb of the orchid plant Ophiopogon japonicus.

[Original form] Forked-lip orchid, perennial herb, 10-75cm tall. The tuber is small, nearly spherical and fleshy. The stem is slender, with 3-4 leaves in the middle. The leaves are linear-lanceolate, with an acute or acuminate tip. The raceme is narrowly terete, with dense flowers, more than 10-40, 5-20cm long; the bracts are small, lanceolate, shorter than the ovary; the flowers are small, green, the sepals are ovate-oblong, 2.5-4mm long, with acute or slightly obtuse apex, 1-veined; the petals are linear, undivided, acute, shorter than or nearly as long as the sepals, 1-veined; the petals are linear, undivided, acute, shorter than or nearly as long as the sepals, 1-veined; the lip is nearly oblong, with a concave base, no spurs, more or less enlarged on both sides, more or less papillate above, 3-veined, slightly constricted in the middle, 3-lobed at the apex, the middle pentagonal eye can be up to 1mm long, the lateral lobes are slightly forked, 3-8mm long, and the terminal end is more or less curled; the staminodes are 2, lateral, the apex is expanded, 2-lobed, and like to have a stalk; the stigmas are 2, separate; the ovary is rod-shaped, 5-6mm long, slightly hairy.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: Grown on hillside grassland.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; warm

【Functions and indications】Nourishes the kidney and strengthens yang; nourishes blood and replenishes deficiency; regulates qi and removes dampness. It is used to treat asthenia, blurred vision, impotence, spermatorrhea, testicular swelling and pain, leucorrhea, and leucorrhea.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: 8 decoctions, 6-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Tubers and the whole herb: sweet in taste, neutral in nature. It has the functions of nourishing the kidney and strengthening the tendons, moistening the lungs, resisting tuberculosis and stopping bleeding. Used for pulmonary tuberculosis, bruises, strain of muscles and bones, bleeding from knife wounds, consumptive disease, anemia, and blurred vision.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above introduces some basic knowledge about kidney grass. I believe many people will know more about kidney grass after reading it. There are many other medicinal herbs that we often come into contact with in our daily lives. If you have time, you might as well learn more about them.