The efficacy and function of Hongtian Wucao

The environment is now seriously deteriorating and various diseases are emerging one after another. In order to prevent the occurrence of various diseases and ensure good health, many people choose to enhance their immunity through diet. As a food ingredient that can fundamentally regulate various functions of the body, Chinese medicinal materials have received widespread attention. Today I will introduce to you the medicinal herb Hongtian Wucao.

[Other name] Red knotweed

[Source] It is the whole herb of Alismatis japonica, a plant of the Amaranthaceae family. Harvest in summer and autumn, wash, and use fresh or dry in the sun.

[Original form] Annual weak herb. The stem is red, often creeping at the base and has many branches. The leaves are petiolate, opposite, oblong-obovate to spatulate, 2 to 4.5 cm long, with short or obtuse tips, and are green with reddish purple. Inflorescence axillary, sessile, solitary, ovate or subglobose: slightly hairy.

【Habitat distribution】Grows in wetlands or cultivated.

[Nature and flavor] Sweet and slightly sour, cool, non-toxic.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, cools blood and stops bleeding, eliminates accumulation and removes blood stasis.

[Additional prescription] ① Treating vomiting blood, coughing up blood, bleeding and internal bleeding: 1 liang to 1.5 liang of fresh red field aconite grass, mash it and squeeze out the juice to mix with children's urine for oral administration.

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Through the above introduction, I found that Red Field Wucao has so many pharmacological effects, and it also has good effects on some diseases. In fact, there may be many "treasures" around our lives, but most of the time we don’t have a heart that is good at discovering them.