Bermuda grass

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Introduction of Dogtooth Root

Common dogtooth grass, commonly known as dogtooth grass, is also known as Bermuda grass, trip root grass (Shanghai), and creeping root grass (Nanjing). Latin name: Cynodondactylon (Linn.) Pers. Cyperus genus, Cynodontia genus, Cynodontia turf grass is the most representative warm-season turf grass, widely distributed in subtropical and subtropical regions of Europe and Asia. It is native to Africa and is widely planted throughout the country in the southern end of the Weihe River Basin in my country, such as Changjing Garden Landscape in Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, Zhejiang Province, Shanghai, Hunan Province, Guangdong Province, etc. There are also wild species in Ili, Korla, and Hotan in Xinjiang. The common bermudagrass and hybrid bermudagrass are used as lawn grasses.

1. Effects and efficacy

Poria cocos is sweet, mild and non-toxic. It can reduce fever, remove toxins, treat bruises, rheumatic joint pain, bone pain due to deficiency and vomiting blood, knife wounds, bleeding from bites, and worm accumulation in children. Daily usage: 3 qian~1 liang. Or oral administration: decoction, 25-50 grams. External application: mash and apply.

2. Clinical medical application

2.1. Treat rheumatism, paralysis, cramps, hemiplegia due to stroke, hemiplegia due to exhaustion, bruises, knife wounds, and ecthyma.

2.2. "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": It can regulate the meridians, strengthen the tendons and bones, relax the muscles and activate blood circulation. It is effective to use it as medicinal wine to treat hemiplegia caused by stroke, cramps in the hands and feet, paralysis caused by phlegm and fire, and soreness of bones and tendons. Mash it and apply it to long-standing ecthyma to remove the poison; apply it to knife wounds and bruises to promote blood circulation and heal the edges, and can connect bones and tendons.

2.3. Classification of Herbal Properties: Treats postpartum stroke, wind disease, and eliminates swelling and toxic gases.

2.4. Chongqing Herbal Medicine: Quenching fire and reducing fever, removing toxins and activating blood circulation. Treat rheumatism, vomiting blood due to deficiency, and bites.

2.5. Treatment of diabetes: 50g of iron wire grass, with rock sugar as the guide, decocted in water and taken orally.

2.6. Treatment of vomiting and diarrhea: 30 grams of iron wire grass. Decoction in water.

2.7. Treatment of edema: 20g each of dogtooth root and white bark of tung tree. Decoction in water.

2.8. For treating parasites: 50-100 grams of fresh wire grass. Decoction in water.

2.9. To treat toothache: 150g each of dog tooth root, southern bamboo root and adenophora. Cook the lean pork and eat it.

2.10. For the treatment of long-term ecthyma that is difficult to heal: 25g each of dogtooth root and tender tips of thatch grass. Mash the wool and apply it.

1. The price of bermudagrass

The price of dogtooth root is about 0.85 yuan/50 grams.

2. How to buy bermudagrass

Perennial growth, with rhizomes or stolons, nodes of varying lengths. The roots are thin and tough, with horizontal underground stems. The culms creep on the ground, up to 1 meter long, and the upright part is 10 to 30 centimeters high. The leaves are symbiotic in two rows, linear, and the lower leaves are opposite because of the shorter nodes, 1-6 cm long and 1-3 mm wide. The flowers are light green or bluish purple, with 3 to 6 finger-like racemes scattered at the top of the stem. The glume has a mid-rib, the back is ridge-shaped, and the sides are membranous. It is the same length as or shorter than the second glume. The lemma is herbaceous, the same length as the spikelet, with 3 veins, and hairy on the ridge. The palea is about the same length as the lemma and has 2 ridges. The fruit is a caryopsis.

3. Storage methods of bermudagrass

Dogtooth root can be placed in a cool, dry place.