The efficacy and function of young oil grass

When it comes to young oil grass, we are all familiar with it. Young oil grass is not only edible but also has very high medicinal effects. Eating young oil grass regularly can play a very good health-preserving and health-care role.

[Alias] Tall Grass (Jianhui).

[Source] The whole herb of Urticaceae .

[Original form] Perennial small herb, 10 to 20 cm high. The base is branched and has creeping stems. The stems are slender, slightly transparent, and covered with upward-facing hairs. Leaves are alternate; rhombic-ovate or slightly triangular, almost equal in length and width, about 1 to 2 cm, obtuse at apex, cuneate at base, with obtusely serrated edges, sparsely hairy and punctate above, and sparsely pubescent below. Flowers are unisexual and monoecious; flowers are purple; male inflorescences emerge from the leaf axils of branch tips and have slender stalks; female inflorescences emerge from the upper leaf axils; male flower calyx has 5 lobes and the same number of stamens; female flower calyx has 4 lobes, the lobes have long white hairs, there is 1 pistil, and the stigma is brush-shaped. Achenes ovate with punctate protrusions. Flowering period is April. The fruiting period is from May to June.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in the shade and wet places at the foot of mountains. Distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Taiwan.

[Functions and indications] "Zhejiang Tianri Yam Plant Records": "For cough, sputum, blood and hot flashes, take 1-2 liang of the whole herb, add 3-4 qian of Atractylodes macrocephala, decoct in water, add rock sugar or white sugar and take it in the morning and evening before meals."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Zhejiang Tianmu Yam Plant Records"

From the above we can see that the Chinese medicine young oil grass has very high medicinal value, so we can consider using young oil grass in our lives.