The efficacy and function of leaf grass

Traditional Chinese medicine is a Chinese tradition. For many Chinese people, seeing a Chinese doctor and taking Chinese medicine when they are sick is their tradition and habit. Therefore, Chinese medicine is liked by many people. Grass is a common Chinese medicinal material. Let’s learn about it together below.

[Other names] Niu Xin Pu, Niu Xin Yang, Piao Chai, and Side Flowered Xu Changqing

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Asclepiadaceae plant. Harvest in summer and autumn, dry and cut into sections.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 20 to 40 cm tall, with short rhizomes and many fibrous roots. The stem is erect, tufted, smooth and hairless throughout, and slightly woody at the bottom. The leaves are large, alternate, with short petioles, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, entire, and slightly curled edges. Umbels, borne laterally in leaf axils; flowers dark purple. There are 2 follicles, which are long and horn-shaped. Seeds flat. Hairy at the top.

[Habitat distribution] It grows on hillsides, mixed woods and shrubs, dry riverbeds, and river bank sand. Distributed in Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, warm, poisonous.

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation, relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

【Note】 This product is poisonous and should not be taken internally.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat various joint pains: Take 3 grams of the whole herb of Psoralea corylifolia with roots, boil it in concentrated water, apply hot compress with a towel and fumigate the affected area.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Through the introduction in the above article, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of leaf grass. This is a medicinal material we are very familiar with, but it has many medicinal properties and functions. Therefore, I hope everyone will consume it based on their own situation.