The efficacy and function of crabgrass

Crabgrass is a very common medicinal herb in our daily life. It is widely used and you can choose it with confidence. Let’s take a look at it together.

[Other names] Sheep hemp, sheep millet (Bielu), horse rice (Bencao Shiyi).

[Source] The whole herb of Digitaria tangensis , a plant of the Poaceae family.

[Original form] Annual herb, 40 to 100 cm tall. Culms broad and branched, with roots at lower nodes. The leaves are linear-lanceolate, 3-17 cm long and 3-10 mm wide, with acuminate or mucronate tips; the base is nearly rounded, sparsely covered with soft hairs or bald on both sides; the leaf sheaths are loosely wrapped around the stems, sparsely covered with warty soft hairs or glabrous. The inflorescence is 3 to 10 pieces, 5 to 18 cm long. The upper ones are alternate or finger-like arranged at the top of the stem, and the basal ones are nearly whorled. The rachis is about 1 mm wide, and the midrib is white, accounting for about 1/3 of its width; the spikelets are lanceolate, 3 to 3.5 mm long, usually twinned, one with a long stalk and the other very short; the first glume is tiny, obtuse triangular, about 0.2 mm long; the second glume is 1/2 or 3/4 the length of the spikelet, with cilia on the edge; the first lemma is the same length as the spikelet, with obvious 5 to 7 veins, and the 3 middle veins are obvious. The grains are almost as long as the spikelets and light in color. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to October.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in grasslands and wilderness roadsides. Widely distributed throughout the north and south of my country.

【Nature and flavor】 "Bielu": "sweet, cold."

【Functions and indications】 ① "Bielu": "It regulates the middle part, brightens the eyes and ears."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] 1. "Ming Yi Bie Lu": Ma Tang, born in the ground. The stems have nodes, and roots grow at the nodes. Harvested in May.

The above is a detailed introduction to the effects and functions of crabgrass. Its selection should be based on your own needs, so that it will not harm your body and can achieve good results in improving the disease.