The efficacy and function of rabbit ear grass

Traditional Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years. It has appeared at a very early time, and it has very satisfactory effects on the treatment of diseases. There are many types of traditional Chinese medicine. Do you know the medicinal material rabbit ear grass?

[Other names] Heqicao (Common Folk Herbs in Kunming), Polygonatum odoratum, and Baidiehua (List of Medicinal Plants in Guangxi).

[Source] It is the tuberous root of the orchid plant Longtou Orchid . Dig up the roots in autumn, wash and dry them or use them fresh.

[Original form] Annual herb, 45 to 120 cm tall. There are 2 tubers, narrowly spindle-shaped. Leaves are alternate, overlapping and reaching under the flowers; leaf blades are lanceolate, 7-10 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, with long acuminate tip, broad cuneate base, sheath-like, clasping the stem, parallel veins close to ribs, and slightly hairy on both sides. The raceme has 3 to 5 flowers; the bracts are leaf-like; the flowers are large and white; the sepals are broadly ovate, spreading, obtuse, and slightly oblique on the sides; the petals are linear, shorter than the sepals, the lip is not longer than the sepals, the lateral lobes are extremely broad, comb-like and fissured almost to the middle, the middle lobe is oblong-linear, entire, and about 2 cm long; the spur is 6 to 10 cm long. The column is relatively broad, and the lower end of the ovary is thin and petiole-shaped. Flowering period is summer.

[Habitat distribution] Grown on hillsides, in the shade and wet places of grass. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly warm in nature, sweet in taste.

【Functions and indications】Warms the kidney and strengthens yang.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat kidney deficiency, low back pain, impotence, spermatorrhea, and spermatorrhea: 50 cents (5 pairs) of rabbit ear grass, 50 cents (5 pairs) of chicken kidney ginseng, and 20 cents of epimedium. Grind them into powder, add appropriate amount of lard and brown sugar and steam them. (Avoid salt) ㈡ 50g of rabbit ear grass, 3g each of epimedium and curculigo. Take with wine soak. ㈢ 3g of Psoralea corylifolia, 5g of Herba Lycii, 5g of Fructus Lycii, and a pair of pork kidneys (without tendons). Roast the first three ingredients until crispy, grind them into powder, and eat with steamed pork kidneys.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

The above content is an introduction to the Chinese medicinal herb Rabbit Ear Grass. I hope it can be of some help to everyone. There are many medicinal herbs similar to rabbit ear grass in our daily life. We need to follow the doctor's instructions when taking Chinese medicine such as rabbit ear grass and not take it blindly.