The efficacy and function of spiny grass

The efficacy and function of the traditional Chinese medicine spiny cover grass are very great. We can often see spiny cover grass in our lives. Utilizing the medicinal and therapeutic properties of spiny cover grass will bring us many unexpected benefits in health care. Let's take a look at the traditional Chinese medicine spiny cover grass.

【Alias】 Big thorn cover

[Source] It is the root of the Asteraceae plant , Thimbleson strychnifolia . Collect roots in autumn and dry them in the sun.

[Original form] Perennial herb, up to 1.5 meters tall. The roots are thick and the fibrous roots are white. The stem is erect, with obvious longitudinal grooves and sparsely covered with curly fine hairs. The leaves are alternate, lanceolate, 15 to 40 cm long, deeply pinnately lobed on the edges, ovate-triangular lobes, with thorns at the apex, thorns and small eyelashes and serrations on the edges, wide base, extending downward into an ear shape, green or dark green above, grayish white below, densely covered with white spider-web-like hairs, and the leaves on the upper part of the stem gradually become smaller. Inflorescence capitulate, growing at the ends of stems and branches; involucres in 1 to 4 rows, the outer layer is the shortest, lanceolate, gradually extending inwards to become linear-lanceolate, with small white hard thorns on the upper end; all flowers are bisexual; the corolla tube is slender and deeply lobed; there are 5 stamens, growing at the expansion of the corolla tube, and the anthers are united into a cylindrical shape; the tip of the style is shallowly lobed in 2. Achenes are rectangular or cylindrical, with yellow-red pappus after drying. Flowering period is from May to June. Fruiting period is July to August.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in sunny places among roadside grass. Distributed in Sichuan and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, neutral.

【Functions and indications】 Cooling blood, promoting diuresis, dispelling wind, and tonifying deficiency. It is used to treat vomiting blood, bleeding, edema, weakness, trauma, redness and swelling of carbuncles, prurigo, and scabies.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 1 to 2 liang.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

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