The efficacy and function of the scale grass

For the Chinese medicinal material such as sedge, we should first understand its medicinal value and precautions before eating it. The following is some information about the grass. I hope you can read it carefully, which will be of great help for your consumption.

[Alias] Moving the steamer, wild cohosh, hemp scale, white cohosh, red cohosh, and wild cohosh.

[Source] The whole herb or root of the Asteraceae plant Cymbidium . Harvest in summer and autumn.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 1 to 2 meters high. The underground rhizome is creeping and lignified; the roots are slender and mostly curved. The stem is erect, often tufted, essentialized at the base, green at the top with purple spots, and covered with soft hairs. Simple leaves are opposite; petioles vary in length; leaf blades are ovate or elliptical, 5 to 12 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, with serrated edges, dark green above, light green below, sparsely hairy, with more hairs on the veins, and glandular dots. There are many capitulums, arranged in umbels, growing on branch tips, with a small bract at the base of the inflorescence; the involucre is bell-shaped, with about 9 bracts, arranged in a shingle-like manner; there are about 5 tubular flowers, white in color; the corolla is tubular at the bottom, slightly wider at the top, and has 5 lobes at the top. Achenes have 5 edges, glandular dots, and white feathery pappus. Flowering period is from August to September. Fruiting period is from September to November.

[Habitat distribution] It mostly grows in the grass on sunny hillsides and along ditches. Distributed throughout the south of the Yangtze River.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter and pungent, neutral.

【Functions and indications】It can dispel cold and cure measles. It is used to treat rectal prolapse, measles that has not yet been cured, low back pain caused by cold and dampness, and wind-cold cough.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3 to 5 qian; or grind into powder. For external use: mash and apply.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Sichuan"

Above we introduced what is Scales Grass. We know that Scales Grass is actually a Chinese medicinal material that can bring us health benefits and has almost no major side effects, so you might as well try it in your spare time.