What disease can be cured by boiling knotweed in water?

Everyone may have seen knotweed when they were young. This plant usually grows near puddles. Many people liked to pick some knotweed to play games when they were young. Some doctors would add some knotweed to the Chinese medicine when prescribing it to patients. As a traditional Chinese medicine, knotweed is generally used to treat bruises. So what diseases can be treated by boiling knotweed in water?

Knotweed is the most common wild plant. I remember that when I was a child, I could find this plant wherever there was a puddle. This kind of plant is very interesting. The whole plant does not have a single leaf and is made up of sections. When we were kids, we were bored, so we would pull out the knotweed and destroy it one section at a time. It was all for fun.

It needs to be explained that the herb is from the same genus as the Chinese medicinal herb Equisetum arvense, but is a different species. It is also called native horsetail, eyebrow-locking grass, pen holder, native ephedra, grass ephedra, and wood grass. It is the whole herb of the herb of the genus Equisetum of the family Equisetaceae. There are slight differences between Equisetum arvense and Equisetum arvense, which can be distinguished mainly by their origin and mature plants. The stems of the herb are used as medicine, and can act as a diuretic and clear away wind and heat. Pencilwort is a subspecies of knotweed.

1. To treat conjunctivitis: 50 cents each of pen holder grass, money grass, four-leaf clover, pearl grass, and coix seed. Decoction in water for oral administration.

2. To treat eye fog: decoct the herb in water, wash with it and take it internally.

3. To treat acute stranguria: 1 liang of knotweed and 0.5 liang of rock sugar. Add water and decoct.

4. To treat intestinal bleeding, leucorrhea, and injuries from falls: 2 qian of knotweed. Decoction in water.

6. To treat hematuria: 50 cents each of knotweed, sheep's hoof, and snakehead intestine, 1 liang of loblolly flower, and 4 liang of Imperata root. Decoction in water.

5. Treatment of pyelonephritis: 50 cents each of knotweed, a pack of needles, plantain, and horseshoe beetle, and 1 liang each of yellow ear grass and radix scutellariae. Decoction in water.

8. To treat bruises and fractures: After recovery, take a handful of fresh knotweed, mix it with brown sugar, mash it and apply it externally.

7. Urinary tract infection: decoct in water and drink.