The efficacy and function of carpet grass

As people's living standards continue to improve, health and longevity are gradually valued by us, so nowadays health-preserving diet therapy methods are very popular, the trend of traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular, and Chinese medicine has once again occupied people's vision. Today we will talk about the Chinese medicine carpet grass.

[Other names] Goldfinch, Goldfinch (Quanzhou Green Herbs), Heaven and Earth Flower (Quanzhou Materia Medica), Ground Red Flower, Small Sundew (Fujian Chinese Herbs).

[Source] It is the whole herb of Drosera spathulata, a plant of the Droseraceae family. Harvested in summer and autumn.

[Original form] Perennial herb. Stem extremely shortened. The leaves are all basal and inlaid; the leaves are spoon-shaped, 1 to 2 cm long, round and wider at the top, gradually narrower at the bottom, without obvious petioles, and densely covered with purple-red glandular hairs on the surface, which can be up to 5 mm long. The flower stalk emerges from the leaf cluster and is 10 to 15 cm high; the flowers are light pink, laterally grown at the top of the flower stalk and arranged in racemes; there are 5 sepals, persistent; 5 petals; 5 stamens; 3 styles, each with 2 deep lobes. Capsule. Flowering period is summer.

[Habitat distribution] It grows on shady and moist slopes in mountainous areas, or beside wetland ditches. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and other places.

[Nature and flavor] "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "sweet, cold, non-toxic."

[Entry into meridians] "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "enters the heart, lung, and stomach meridians."

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and quenches thirst, cools blood and relieves stranguria. Treat colds, lung abscesses, cough and thirst, vomiting blood, hemoptysis, gonorrhea, sore throat, and furunculosis.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang of fresh product. For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat lung heat and lung abscess, fever, cough and thirst: take one or two liang of fresh ground carpet grass, decoct it into a soup and drink it with honey.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Quanzhou Materia Medica"

The utilization rate of carpet grass in traditional Chinese medicine is still very high, and it can be used to treat a variety of diseases. We should eat it after fully understanding the effects and functions of carpet grass. I hope everyone doesn’t eat carelessly.