The efficacy and function of rabbit ear grass

Rabbit's Ear Grass has a long history, and until now, Rabbit's Ear Grass has more and more uses. I wonder if you friends know about its other effects. Let us introduce it in detail below, hoping to be helpful to you friends.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of long-leaf edelweiss of the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] Long-leaf edelweiss is a perennial herb, up to 45cm tall. The rhizome is short with a terminal rosette of leaves, or long-branched with leaf sheaths and numerous subtufted scapes, or with slender (to 30 cm) creeping branches with scattered rosettes of leaves. The flower stems are unbranched, covered with white or silvery white sparse soft or dense hairs, and all have dense or sparse leaves. The basal leaves or rosette leaves are narrow and spoon-shaped, expanding into a purple-red, hairless long sheath near the base; the middle leaves are linear, broad linear or ligulate linear, 2-13cm long, 1.5-9mm wide, covered with white or silvery white sparse, soft and dense hairs on both sides, and the upper side soon loses hair. There are many bracts, shorter than the leaves on the upper part of the stem, ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, covered with white long soft hairs on the upper or both sides, and spread out into bracts with a diameter of 2-6 cm or compound bracts with a diameter of 9 cm. Inflorescence capitulate, 6-9mm in diameter, 3-30 in clusters; involucre about 5mm long, pubescent; involucre about 3 layers, elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous at apex, sometimes eroded, revealing fuzz above; florets dioecious, with few heteromorphic flowers; corolla about 4mm long; male corolla tubular-funnel-shaped, with deep triangular lobes; female corolla filamentous-tubular, with lanceolate lobes; pappus white, slightly longer than corolla, with fine serrations at base; male corolla gradually thickens and has teeth upwards; female corolla is thinner, with entire upper margin. Achenes have papillae or short coarse hairs. Flowering period is July-August.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in moist grasslands, depressions, thickets or rocks in high mountains and subalpine areas at an altitude of 1500-4800m.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Soothe wind and clear away heat; relieve cough and resolve phlegm. Mainly used for exogenous fever; lung heat cough; tracheitis

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Based on the above summary, rabbit ear grass still has certain pharmacological effects. What needs to be noted is that rabbit ear grass should be consumed according to one's actual situation and not in excess.