The efficacy and function of Qiqiyacao

Li Shizhen tasted hundreds of herbs and then wrote the "Compendium of Materia Medica". In fact, most of the plants in nature have the function of herbal medicine, but many of them we have not discovered yet. Today, the editor will introduce to you a plant called Qiqiyacao and popularize its functions to you. Let’s discuss it quickly!

Seven-seven tooth grass

Seven-seven tooth grass is a perennial woody plant. We usually call it wild rose and green vegetable. It usually grows mainly in areas with an altitude of 140 to 2650 meters. Natural ones usually grow on lawns, hills or roadsides. Usually we don’t pay much attention to it, but in fact, if you observe carefully, you will find that there are many of them. It not only has ornamental value, but also has functions and effects, and has very good effects on the human body.

The shape of the seven-seven-tooth grass

The leaves are symbiotic, elliptical or oblong-lanceolate, 7-10 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, obtuse at the apex, serrated at the edges, with needles of varying lengths, and covered with spider-like hairs on both sides.

The inflorescence is terminal and dioecious; the involucre is bell-shaped, with 5 to 6 layers of bracts, the involucre of the male inflorescence is 1.8 cm long, and the involucre of the female inflorescence is about 2.3 cm long; the flowers are tubular, light purple, the male carola is 1.7 to 2 cm long, and the female carola is about 2.6 cm long. Grown in barren hills, roadsides or in fields.

The role and efficacy of Qiqiyacao

The herb contains robinin, rutin, protocatechuic acid, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, biotin and inhibitory glycosides. It is cool in nature and tastes sweet and bitter. It has the effects of removing blood stasis, activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis and reducing swelling.

It is used for epistaxis, hematemesis, blood in urine, blood in stool, menstrual bleeding, traumatic bleeding, carbuncles and ulcers. When farmers got their skin scraped while working hard in the fields, they would crush the grass of the seven-seven-toothed thatch and squeeze out the juice to drip into the wound, and then apply it to the affected area.

The above is what the editor wants to introduce to you in detail about the functions of Qiqiyacao. Do you think that nature is full of treasures? However, friends should not abuse it. It is best to use it under the guidance of professionals.