The efficacy and function of water cane grass

There are many types of Chinese medicine. When we choose, we need to understand the medicine first. So do you know about the medicinal material water cane grass? Let us introduce it below.

[Other names] False brome, silk grass, glutinous rice grass

[Source] It is the roots or stems and leaves of the Poaceae plant water cane grass .

[Original form] Perennial herb, 1 to 2 meters high. Culms erect or climbing, much branched. The leaves are flat, linear, 10 to 30 cm long, 5 to 10 mm wide, gradually pointed at the tip, narrowing to a short petiole at the base, and bare. The raceme is solitary, with a 6-8 mm long involucre and a short pointed apex; the rachis is flat and about 4 mm long; the sessile spikelet is about 4 mm long; the lemma of the first floret is about 4 mm long, with a short pointed apex and 5 veins; the palea is equal in length to the lemma, with narrow and involute margins; the lemma of the second floret is broadly ovate, slightly shorter than that of the first floret, convex on the back, flattened on both sides, with a short pointed apex, narrow and involute margins, and a blunt tip of the palea; the degenerate stalked spikelet is glume-shaped, flat, long ovate, about 1 mm long, and the spikelet stalk is flat, about 3-4 mm long; the male or neutral stalked spikelet is about 4 mm long. Flowering period is from July to October.

[Habitat distribution] Growing at the edge of forests and hedges. Distributed throughout South China and Southwest my country.

【Functions and indications】 Treat snake bites. Take its root and rub it. The stems and leaves can be crushed and applied to treat foot erosion.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Flora of Guangzhou".

Through the introduction of the Chinese medicinal herb Water Cane Grass in the above article, we can clearly see that the Chinese medicinal herb Water Cane Grass has many effects and functions. Therefore, in the future, everyone might as well learn more about Chinese medicines such as water sugarcane grass in their lives.