The efficacy and function of oil grass

Oil grass is a traditional Chinese medicine. In addition to the effects we know in daily life, oil grass actually has many other effects and functions. Let’s take a look at them right away.

[Other name] Oil hemp

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Poaceae plant Leptochloa chinensis . Harvest in summer and autumn and sun-dried.

[Original form] Annual herb, 30 to 90 cm tall. The roots are slender, whisker-like and clustered. The culms are clustered, erect or slightly inclined at the base, with distinct nodes and long internodes. Roots can be easily regenerated at the nodes that touch the ground. The leaves are flat or more or less rolled, linear, 7-25 cm long, 0.3-0.6 cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, entire, slightly rough, the leaf sheaths are glabrous, the ligules are 0.1-0.2 cm long, membranous, and often finely fissured into cilia. The branches are borne in panicles, 10 to 30 cm long, with slightly rough branches and main axis, and branches up to 6 cm long; spikelets are green-white to purple, 0.2 to 0.4 cm long, with 3 to 7 flowers; glumes are membranous, unequal in length, with 1 vein, and rough ridges; lemmas have 3 veins, with sharp tips, glabrous or with short hairs at the bottom; anthers are about 0.5 mm long. Caryopsis, oval, about 0.1 cm long. Flowering and fruiting period is from August to November.

[Habitat distribution] It grows wild in wet places such as roadsides, field edges, and stream banks. Distributed in East China, Central China, South China, Sichuan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other places.

【Nature and flavor】Light, flat, non-toxic.

【Functions and indications】It can promote the flow of water, resolve blood, attack accumulation, and disperse phlegm and fluid.

[Additional prescription] ① To treat abdominal masses: Take 50 cents of oil grass and decoct it in water.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Hunan Pharmacopoeia"

Above, we introduced what oil grass is and understood the effects and functions of oil grass. Oil grass can improve our immunity. Oil grass also has a therapeutic effect in health care and has many benefits to our body.