The efficacy and function of barnyard millet

After thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation, the types and quantities of Chinese medicine have become quite astonishing, so choosing Chinese medicine to treat some difficult and complicated diseases always has a very good effect. Next, I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine, barnyard grass.

【Other name】 Barnyard grass

[Source] Medicinal material source: the seeds of the Poaceae plant Echinochloa crusgalli.

[Original morphology] Echinochloa is an annual herb with inclined or knee-shaped culm base, 50-130cm high. Smooth and hair-free. The leaf sheaths are loosely wrapped around the stems, smooth and hairless; there is no ligule; the leaves are flat, linear, 10-35cm long, 5-20mm wide, smooth and hairless. The panicle is 9-18cm long, with a relatively strong main axis, angular and rough; the spikelets are about 3mm long (excluding the awn), and have hard spiny warts on the branches and twigs; the first glume is triangular, 1/3-1/2 the length of the spikelet, often with 5 veins, with short stiff hairs or warts, the second glume is acuminate to a small tip, with 5 veins, spiny warts on the veins, and short stiff hairs between the veins; the first lemma is leathery, with 7 veins, spiny warts on the veins, and short stiff hairs between the veins, and the tip extends into a strong awn, 5-10mm long, rough, the first palea is the same length as the lemma, membranous, with 2 ridges, the ridges are rough, the second lemma has a rough small tip at the top, and a circle of fine hairs on the tip. Flowering and fruiting period is summer and autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows in swamps, ditches and rice fields.

【Nature and flavor】 Spicy; sweet; bitter; slightly cold; non-toxic

【Functions and indications】 . Mainly invigorate Qi and benefit the spleen

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is some basic information about barnyard grass. I hope you can learn more about Chinese herbal medicine, which will be beneficial to you.