The efficacy and function of rice stalks

The Chinese medicinal herb, Radix Paeoniae Alba, is often used by people in real life because of its functions and effects. So, what kind of effects and functions does rice stalk vegetable have? Let us study it together.

【English Name】 Herb of Common Nipplewort

[Other names] Pickled goose, Chinese water chestnuts

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the plant Oryza sativa of the family Cyperus rotundus.

[Original form] Rice stalk vegetable is an annual or biennial thin herb, 5-30cm tall. Basal leaves are clustered and petiolate; leaf blades are 4-18cm long, 1-3cm wide, with obtuse or short pointed tips, larger apical lobes, oval, pinnately divided at the edges, 3-4 pairs of lobes on both sides, short elliptical; stem leaves are 1-2, with short petioles or nearly sessile. The head inflorescence is a sparse, corymbose panicle with thin stalks, and the fruits often droop; the involucre is cylindrical and bell-shaped, with outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, about 1mm long, and inner bracts 5-6, oblong-lanceolate, about 4.5mm long; the receptacle is flat and glabrous; all are ligulate flowers, yellow. Achenes are elliptic-lanceolate, flat, 4-5mm long, equal to or longer than the involucral bracts, yellow-brown when mature, glabrous, with 5-7 ribs on the dorsal and ventral sides, 1 hooked thorn on each side of the tip, and no pappus. The flowering and fruiting period is April-May.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grown in fields, wastelands, stream banks, falls, etc.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; promotes the production of rash. Sore throat; dysentery; sores and swelling; snake bites; measles

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g; or mash into juice. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] 1. "Compendium of Herbal Medicine for Famine Relief": It grows in rice fields and thrives on the rice harvest, hence the name. Like dandelion leaves. It also looks like a mustard leaf, with dense growth on the ground. In spring, it sprouts small stems and produces flowers that are smaller than dandelions and have no stamens. People in rural areas eat it.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Nowadays, people's life pressure is constantly increasing, which makes our bodies often in a state of fatigue. As a Chinese medicinal material, rice stalks have a certain regulating effect on the body. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.