The efficacy and function of green grass

Chinese medicinal materials are very common, and there are many types of them. There are also some differences in their efficacy. Therefore, you need to have a good understanding before choosing. Do you know about the medicinal material green segment grass?

[Other names] Ground bile, flower grass, colorful mulberry grass, small flower grass, flower leaf

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole plant of the plant Butterbur of the Melastomataceae family.

[Original form] Beeswax is a small shrub or subshrub, up to 30cm tall. The stem is quadrangular when young, with grooves, densely covered with soft hairs and sparse glandular dots, later nearly cylindrical, finely covered with soft hairs, branched or unbranched, with creeping stems. Leaves opposite; petiole 5-30mm long, densely covered with soft hairs and sparse short spines; leaf blade papery, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, rarely lanceolate, with short acuminate apex, cuneate base, slightly oblique, 5-10cm long, 2-4cm wide, sometimes up to 14cm long, surface covered with scattered close short spines, with white spots at the base of the hairs, back side sometimes purple-red, covered with fine soft hairs and bran, midrib slightly concave, lateral veins about 3 pairs, dorsal vein with scattered short spines, mid and lateral veins raised. The inflorescence is scorpion-shaped, terminal, with 2-7 flowers, rarely 13, 1.5-3.5cm long; the peduncle is quadrangular, slightly winged on the ridges, the pedicel is about 3mm long, triangular, with very few glandular hairs and narrow wings; the calyx is campanulate-tubular, covered with sparse chaff and scattered glandular hairs, with 3 ridges and 6 veins, of which the 3 veins on the ridges extend downward to form narrow wings, the lobes are less than 1mm long, the apex is pointed and ciliate; the petals are purple-red or red, oblique to one side, and the outer midrib has scattered glandular hairs; the stamens are 3, equal in length, often inclined to one side, the filaments are equal in length to the anthers, the anther base is forked, and the connective is not extended; the ovary is urceolate, the apex is truncate, and the membranous crown is 3-lobed. The capsule is obconical, slightly 3-ribbed, three-longitudinal-fissured, attached to the persistent calyx, which is glabrous and has 6 veins. The flowering period is from September to October, and the fruiting period is around December.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in valleys at an altitude of 150-1300, shady wetlands under forests and ditches.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Light; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Cools blood and eliminates steaming; detoxifies and reduces swelling. It is used for fever, fatigue cough, stomachache, red eyes, fractures, and herpes zoster.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 9-15g; or grind into powder and stew with meat. For external use: take appropriate amount, mash the juice and apply to eyes; or mash it and apply it on the eyes.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a detailed introduction to green segment grass. Since it is a traditional Chinese medicine, we can eat it with confidence. Green segment grass has a very good effect on improving all aspects of the human body.