The efficacy and function of white flower grass

We know that there are many kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, and white flower grass is one of them. In order for white flower grass to play its role correctly and scientifically, it is necessary to master its consumption method, because different medicinal materials have their own unique nutrition and efficacy. Let’s study it below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The stems and leaves of the orchid plant Orchidaceae.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30-80cm tall. Tubers are usually 2 and ovate or oblong, fleshy, 2-5cm long. There are 3-5 leaves, alternate, sessile, and clasping the stem; the leaf blade is narrowly ovate, 6-12cm long, 2-3cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, cuneate at the base, and glabrous on both sides. The raceme is 5-12mm long, with 3-17 flowers; the flowers are white; the sepals are nearly ovate, 10-13mm, 5-5.5cm wide, with eyelashes on the edges, the middle sepals are erect, and close together with the petals to form a hood, the lateral sepals are obliquely ovate and reflexed; the petals are not lobed, narrowly lanceolate, with eyelashes on the edges; the lip is long, almost twice as long as the sepals, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes are wide, with fine teeth before the outer margins, the middle lobe is linear, entire, nearly equal in length, with callus at the spur, the spur is up to 4cm long, white in the upper half, green in the lower half, curved, gradually expanded towards the tip, longer than the ovary; the stigma is 2-lobed, the protrusions are parallel, with grooves, and the ovary is beaked. Flowering period is autumn.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on hillsides, under forests, on roadsides or in ditch grasses at an altitude of 190-1000m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly bitter; neutral

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and removes dampness. Main hot shower

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above describes some ways to eat white flower grass. Although many medicinal herbs can be eaten, we must remind everyone that Chinese medicines generally cannot be taken indiscriminately and should be used according to your own situation.