The efficacy and function of Sichuan grass

Many people choose Chuancengcao because of its high-value pharmacological effects, but be careful not to eat it casually, otherwise it will have some bad effects on the body. We need to understand it before eating it. Are you ready?

[Other names] Xianjiwei (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), Zhoushan Cardamine, Fine Phoenix Tail Grass, Phoenix Road Chicken, Railway Line Chicken (Hunan Pharmacopoeia).

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Chinese fern family, Cardamine Available all year round.

[Original form] Perennial leathery plant, 20 to 30 cm high. The root bulb is short, erect, and covered with brown-brown narrow lanceolate scales. Leaves are clustered; petioles are 2-5 cm long, brown-brown, shiny, and scaly; bipinnate compound leaves are lanceolate, 8-20 cm long, or longer, 1.5-6 cm wide, and short acuminate; pinnae are 10-15 pairs, almost sessile, lower pinnae are slightly shorter, middle pinnae are 1.4 cm long, 5-20 mm wide, oblong-triangular, acute or obtuse, pinnately deeply parted almost to the rachis, with 4-6 lobes, oblong, with rounded teeth, herbaceous, glabrous, but the rachis is more or less scaled. The sori are round, with one on each round tooth. The sori cover is formed by the recurved metamorphic leaf margin, membranous, and entire.

[Habitat distribution] Grown on rocks in shady and moist places. Distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and other places.

[Properties and flavors] "Hunan Pharmacopoeia": "slightly bitter, cold, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】 "Hunan Pharmacopoeia": "It can stop diarrhea and promote defecation; it can clear away heat and detoxify, stop bleeding and disperse blood. It can treat dysentery, painful urination, weak legs, body pain and fever, sore throat, snake bites, carbuncle, boils, swelling and sore throat."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 2 to 3 qian.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Guangxi Medicinal Plant List"

The above is a detailed introduction to the medicinal value of Cistanche deserticola. There are also some ways and methods when eating Cistanche deserticola. The above methods of eating are very helpful in regulating various problems of the human body, so you can do it with confidence.