The efficacy and function of wormwood

As for wormwood, I think some people may have heard of it or even taken it. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t heard of it. Next, I will introduce it to you.

[Other names] White-headed vegetable, Night-shining grass (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), Cinnamon grass, Loach vegetable (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine), Fish eye grass, Poria cocos (Guangxi Plant List).

[Source] The whole herb or leaves of the plant Cyperus rotundus of the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] Annual herb, 30 to 50 cm tall. The stem is erect, pubescent or bare, with angular branches and trunk. Leaves are alternate and petiolate; leaf blades are membranous, divided or undivided, with apical lobes broadly ovate and coarsely serrated. Inflorescence capitula, very small, nearly spherical, 3-5 mm in diameter, arranged in terminal panicles; involucral bracts broadly elliptic; bracts in 2 rows, margins membranous; receptacle bare; flowers very small, white, tubular, peripheral females, in multiple rows, fully developed, middle bisexual, developed. Achenes are obovate, flat, bald or nearly bald. Flowering period is from late summer to early winter.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in wilderness and wasteland. Distributed in southeastern my country.

[Properties and flavors] Fujian Folk Herbs: "bitter, pungent, neutral."

【Functions and indications】Reduce swelling, detoxify and act as a diuretic. Treat swelling of children's external genitalia, carbuncle, laryngitis, contusion and sprain.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang. For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat earthworm carbuncle (swelling of external genitalia in children) and difficulty urinating: mash fresh earthworm carbuncle grass and winter honey and apply it on the affected area. (Fujian Folk Herbs)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Fujian Folk Herbs"

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