The efficacy and function of small money grass

For Chinese medicinal materials such as Houttuynia cordata, we should first understand its medicinal value and precautions before consuming it. The following is some information about Houttuynia cordata. I hope you can read it carefully, as it will be of great help in your consumption.

[Other names] Purse grass (Baicaojing), meat wonton grass (Yan Ke Yao Lan), golden key (Supplement to Gangmu), jaundice grass (Illustrated Guide to Chinese Plants), small horseshoe grass (Guizhou Folk Prescriptions), snail grass (Fujian Folk Herbs), small copper coin grass, wine cup nest (Guangxi Chinese Veterinary Medicine Plants), golden ear picker, chicken eye grass, small lantern grass (Guangxi Chinese Materia Medica), small windward grass, small bowl grass (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica), small ingot grass (Shanghai Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines), falling money (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicines), small toad bowl (Zhejiang Folk Herbs), nine-ring chain (Sichuan Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines).

[Source] It is the whole herb of Dichondra divaricata , a plant of the Convolvulaceae family. Harvest from April to June, dry in the sun, and remove dirt and impurities.

[Original morphology] Perennial herb, creeping, slender, up to 30 cm long, with adventitious roots at the nodes, and the whole body is usually covered with T-shaped hairs. Simple leaves are alternate, rounded to kidney-shaped, 6-10 mm in diameter, rarely up to 25 mm, with rounded apex, sometimes slightly concave, entire margin, base deeply cordate, green and smooth above, light green below, bald or with sparse soft hairs. The flowers are small, solitary in the leaf axils, with pedicels shorter than petioles; the calyx is 5-lobed, with lobes ovate, less than 1 mm long, green, and persistent; the corolla is campanulate, white; there are 5 stamens; the ovary is superior, 2-chambered, and composed of two separate carpels. Capsule nearly spherical, about 2 mm in diameter, shorter than calyx. Two seeds. Flowering period is April. Fruiting period is July to August.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in semi-shaded and wet places such as roadsides, bushes, and under walls. Distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Taiwan and other places. Produced in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Hunan and other places.

[Properties] The whole plant is mostly wrinkled into a ball when dried, with thin, yellow-green roots, slender, gray-brown stems, and the underside of the leaves are covered with sparse white or gray-yellow hairs. It is brittle and easily broken. There are small holes in the cross section. The leaves are alternate, mostly wrinkled, round or kidney-shaped, gray-green to brown, slightly rough on the surface, brittle and easily broken. Flowers and fruits are rarely seen in crude drugs. The smell is weak and the taste is spicy.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, pungent, cool.

【Meridian】 "Mindong Materia Medica": "enters the lung and liver meridians."

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies, promotes diuresis and promotes blood circulation. Treat jaundice, dysentery, painful stranguria caused by sand and stone, leucorrhea, edema, carbuncle, swelling and infection, and trauma.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 2-5 qian (1-2 liang for fresh ones). For external use: mash and apply or use the juice as eye drops.

【Note】 "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Avoid salt."

[Additional prescription] ① Treatment of jaundice: combination of purse grass and snail. Mash the mixture together to make the juice clear, then drink it while it is hot. (Zhou Yisheng's Family Prescription)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Sichuan Chinese Medicine Records"

The above is a detailed introduction to the medicinal value of Houttuynia cordata. There are also some ways and methods when eating Houttuynia cordata. The above methods of eating are very helpful in regulating various problems of the human body, so you can do it with confidence.