The efficacy and function of Trichoderma scabra

Chinese medicine has different effects on our body and can regulate our body. Today we will introduce a Chinese medicine: Trichoderma lucidum. What are its specific effects and functions? Let’s take a look.

[Other names] Knife wound medicine, golden ox hair

[Source] Medicinal material source: It is the plant body of Trichoderma serrata of the Trichoderma family.

[Original morphology] The plant body is clustered, yellow-green, 0.5-1cm high, and slightly shiny. Stem erect, few branches. The leaves are erect and slightly curved to one side. The leaves are long oval, gradually becoming slender and pointed upwards, with teeth at the tip. The midrib is flat and broad, protruding from the tip of the leaf. The cells at the top are narrow and rectangular, opaque, and the cells at the base are polygonal, with thin walls and yellow and transparent. Monoecious. The bracts are relatively large, sheath-like at the base, gradually becoming slender with a leaf tip upwards; the capsule stalk is slender, 2-4 cm long, and reddish brown; the sporangium is oblong, erect or slightly curved, up to 3 mm long, yellowish brown, thin-walled, and has a small capsule mouth; the capsule cover is conical, with a slightly short beak. The annulus has 3 rows of cells, which fall off on their own. Grown on the ground under forests. It is more common from spring to autumn. Distributed in Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet and other places.

【Habitat distribution】Ecological environment: Growing on the ground under the forest. It is more common from spring to autumn.

[Properties] Identification by properties: This product is in the form of sheets or clumps with several plants growing in clusters, and is yellow-green or golden yellow in color. After each plant is separated, it is moistened and flattened, with a stem length of 0.7-1cm. The leaves are multi-seriate, ovate-lanceolate or linear, 3-5mm long, wider at the base, curled inward, extending downward in a pointed ear-like shape, entire, gradually narrowing at the top, with fine teeth on the top leaf margin, and one thick mid-rib reaching the leaf tip; the bracts are larger and sheath-like at the base. Some have a slender stalk 1-3 cm long, the spore capsule is ovate-cylindrical, the capsule cover has a beak-like short tip, and the capsule is cap-shaped. Slight odor, light taste.

【Nature and flavor】 Light; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Extinguish wind and calm the nerves. Infantile convulsions

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Now you know the effect of Trichosanthes kirilowii. I didn’t know that yellow cattle moss was such a valuable thing before, which shows that our knowledge is not broad enough. Therefore, in the future life, learning more about it can be a good way to maintain health. In fact, if you want to maintain health, there is knowledge everywhere in life.