The efficacy and function of Pishuicao

Pishucao is a common Chinese medicine in clinical practice. For people with poor physical constitution, eating Pishucao can help us maintain better health. Today I will introduce Pishucao to you.

[Other names] Ruyi grass (Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan), Cockscomb ginseng (Common Folk Herbs in Kunming).

[Source] It is the root of blue ear grass of the Commelinaceae family. Available all year round. Wash and dry.

[Original form] Perennial spreading herb, up to 30 cm tall, more or less covered with white wool. The fibrous roots are numerous, thick and slightly fleshy. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, 2.5 to 5 cm long, with short or obtuse tips and decurrent bases. Cymes axillary or terminal, nearly sessile; bracts large, leaf-like; bracteoles hooked sickle-rectangular, short-pointed; sepals unequal, separate or fused at base; petals slightly unequal; often fused into a tube at base; stamens B, fully developed, filaments often hairy; ovary 3-chambered. The capsule is small, rectangular, hairy, and 3-lobed when mature. The seeds have reticulate patterns and 1 to 2 holes. Flowering period is from September to October.

[Habitat distribution] Grown on hillsides, wastelands and under forests. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangdong and other places.

【Chemical composition】 The leaves contain blue myrtle sterone.

[Nature and flavor] "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Tastes sweet and bitter, cold in nature."

【Functions and indications】Tonify deficiency, remove dampness, relax muscles and activate blood circulation. Treats persistent deficiency-heat, edema caused by nephritis, rheumatic joint pain, and eczema.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3-5 qian; or soak in wine. For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① For rheumatic joint pain: soak dew grass in wine and drink it; or boil eel with dew grass and eat it, which can induce sweating.

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The article introduces the effects and functions of Pi Shui Cao in detail. I hope everyone can remember its common effects, which will help us to use Pi Shui Cao correctly in our lives. Pishuicao can effectively improve our physical fitness and is very beneficial for improving our body's immunity.