The efficacy and function of red grass

Red grass is one of the common traditional Chinese medicines in our country. The medicinal history of red grass is very long. There are records of red grass in many ancient medical books. Red grass has good edible value and medicinal value. Let’s take a look.

【Alias】

Bamboo grass, 100-day sun, meat grass, seven-day flower, duck tongue, small chicken tongue, fine bamboo shell vegetable, blood-seeing sorrow [Guangxi]

【Nature and flavor】

Light and cool.

【Function and indications】

Clears the lungs and relieves cough, cools the blood and stops bleeding. Used for lung heat cough, hemoptysis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and acute enteritis. Used externally to treat redness and swelling of sores and boils.

【Usage and Dosage】

For external use, mash the fresh whole herb and apply it to the affected area.

【extract】

National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine

【Source】

Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Records

Above we introduced red grass and its characteristics. We can know that red grass has very good efficacy and functions, and has played a therapeutic and auxiliary therapeutic role in many diseases. I hope this will be helpful to everyone’s health.