The efficacy and function of Manchiche

Diseases require improvement through medicine. Different diseases require different medicine choices. If you want to treat your own diseases well, you need to use the right medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine Manchiche is also very helpful in treating certain diseases. Let’s take a look at this medicinal herb.

[Other names] Maochiche, face numbness, bone-setting fairy, chicken bone fragrance, banana grass, water indigo, paddy field grass, Sichuan extract

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the Urticaceae plant Cyperus rotundus.

[Original form] Perennial herb, up to 40cm long. Stems gradually ascending, shortly pubescent, often branched. Leaves are sessile or nearly sessile, asymmetrical; narrowly ovate or narrowly elliptic, 4-7.5cm long, 1.2-3.2cm wide, apex acuminate, base obtuse on the narrower side and rounded on the wider side, margin with shallow teeth at base or above the middle, glabrous or nearly glabrous above, small stalactites, about 0.2mm long, sparsely or densely pubescent below. Dioecious; male cymes are sparsely branched; peduncle 0.5-4cm long; tepals about 4, ovate, about 2mm long, 4 stamens; female inflorescence sessile or with short stalks, nearly spherical, with many densely packed flowers; tepals 4-5, unequal in size, lanceolate or boat-shaped, 0.6-1.2mm long, stigma brush-head-shaped. Achenes are oval, flat, about 0.7mm long, with wart-like protrusions. The flowering period is from April to July, and the fruiting period is from July to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing beside ditches or under forests below 1200m above sea level.

【Nature and flavor】 Light; Cool

【Meridian】 Liver; Stomach

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; disperses blood stasis and reduces swelling; cools blood and stops bleeding. It is mainly used for red and swollen eyes; mumps; snake bites; toothache; sprains and contusions; amenorrhea in women; sores, boils, swelling and pain; burns and scalds; poisonous snake bites; traumatic bleeding

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 30-60g. For external use: Take appropriate amount of fresh grass, mash it and apply it; or mash it and apply the juice.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Knowing the effects and functions of Manchiche, for most friends, if you feel you need it, you might as well eat some of it in your daily life. I believe it will effectively improve your condition. However, in order to ensure the effect after consumption, please be sure to consume it according to the requirements and avoid some bad living habits so that you can get the expected effect.