The efficacy and function of Dingjingcao

Although Western medicine and Western drugs are more common nowadays, people still often believe that diseases can only be cured by taking Chinese medicine, because Chinese medicine can cure the root cause. Dingjingcao is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s take a look at some common knowledge about Dingjingcao.

[Other names] Water pepper, four-sided grass, orchid (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), Jingfeng pomegranate, four-cornered grass (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine).

[Source] It is the whole herb of the Scrophulariaceae plant. Harvested from January to October.

[Original form] Annual herb, weak, and completely bald. The lower part of the stem is prostrate, 10 to 30 cm long, and the flower stem is raised. Simple leaves are opposite; ovate, 1 to 2 cm long, mucronate or obtuse at the apex, cordate at the base, and serrated at the margin. The flowers are solitary in the leaf axils, with pedicels longer than leaves, or in terminal racemes; the calyx is green, 4 to 5 mm long, and 5-lobed to the base; the corolla is white or lavender, about 8 mm long; there are 4 stamens. The capsule is cylindrical or oblong-lanceolate, twice as long as the calyx, with a persistent style at the tip. Flowering period is from July to October.

[Habitat distribution] Growing beside fields or roadsides. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other places.

【Properties and flavors】 ① "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "sweet, mild, non-toxic."

[Functions and indications] Clears away heat and reduces swelling, promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria, treats wind-heat eye pain, carbuncle swelling, leucorrhea, gonorrhea, dysentery, and diarrhea in children.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 3-5 qian (1-2 liang for fresh). For external use: mash and apply or mash and apply juice.

【Note】 Pregnant women should not use this product.

[Additional prescription] ① Treating red and painful eyes caused by wind-fire: 2 liang of fresh Dingjingcao. Decoction in water.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

The above is the introduction to Dingjingcao. I believe you will understand it after reading it. After knowing the effects and functions of Dingjingcao, you can adjust it according to your own physical condition.