The efficacy of drinking water soaked with lantern grass

Lantern grass, as the name suggests, is a kind of grass. It belongs to the angiosperm family and is named lantern grass because it looks like a lantern. Although lantern grass is a herbaceous plant, it also has many medicinal values. Lantern grass has the effect of clearing heat, reducing swelling and relieving pain, so many people believe that soaking lantern grass in water can reduce fire and clear heat. So, what other benefits does drinking lantern grass soaked in water have? Next, follow the editor to learn about the value and efficacy of lantern grass in detail.

【1】Medicinal value

The whole plant is used as folk medicine to treat functional uterine bleeding, cholecystitis, icteric hepatitis, cold headache, abdominal pain, infantile malnutrition, conjunctivitis, bruises, sores, skin sores, snake and rabies bites, rotten feet, rotten head and hemorrhoids.

【II】Morphological characteristics

Erect perennial herb, 0.5-1 m tall, much branched, sometimes with creeping roots at the base. The stem is quadrangular, grooved, and covered with flat, stiff hairs and glandular hairs. The leaves are ovate, 2-5 cm long and 1.5-3.2 cm wide, obtuse or acute at apex, broadly cuneate to almost rounded at base, with sparsely crenate teeth on margin, olive green above and slightly paler below, covered with rough stiff hairs on both sides, especially on the lower veins, with about 5 pairs of lateral veins, slightly sunken above and distinctly raised below, like the midrib. The cymes are many-flowered, spherical and recumbent, with a diameter of up to 2 cm when flowering, forming broad and multi-headed panicles along the stems and branches; the bracts are leaf-like, smaller, and those born near the top of the stems and branches are degenerated into bracts; the bracts are needle-shaped, 3-5 mm long, and covered with nodal long soft hairs and glandular soft hairs; the pedicels are 2-5 mm long and densely covered with glandular soft hairs. The calyx is cylindrical, about 6 mm long and 1 mm wide when flowering, with 13 veins, covered with nodal long soft hairs and glandular fine hairs on the veins, with sparse bristles in the throat of the calyx, and one side of the base is swollen when fruiting, up to 2 mm wide, the upper lip has 3 teeth, the teeth are triangular and have a tail tip, the lower lip has 2 teeth, and the tip is awn. The corolla is purple-red, about 8 mm long. The corolla tube extends from the calyx and is slightly pubescent on the outside. The corolla rim is bilabiate, with the upper lip straight and slightly punctate at the apex, and the lower lip 3-lobed. The stamens are not exposed, the posterior stamens are short and the anthers are small, under the dome of the upper lip, straight, the anterior stamens are longer than the lower lip, and the anthers are normal. The flower disk is flat-topped. Ovary glabrous. The nutlets are oval, about 1 mm long, brown and smooth. The flowering period is July-August, and the fruiting period is September.

【3】Penguin grass belongs to the lung meridian. It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, promoting diuresis and removing dampness. Used for fever due to eczema, cold, mumps, sore throat, cough, orchitis, and bullous sore. The usual dosage is 15~30 grams; appropriate amount for external use.