What are the effects of lamb's ear grass?

When the ancients created characters, they often used "pictograms" as the main method. That is to say, no matter what the external shape of an object is, the characters about it will be similar to its image. This has continued to this day. For example, when we describe Niuqipu, we often name it "sheep's ear grass" simply because it looks very much like a sheep's ear. So in life, what are the effects of lamb's ear grass, and can it be eaten?

Niuqipu, in Chaoshan area, is known as Didantou, Dizhantou, Liaoyatou, Yaowancao, Sheep's Ear Grass, Horned Ant Grass, Pudacai, Didi Loquat, Sabingcao, Duzhantou, and Pujue. Other names in other places are bitter ground gall, ground gall head, ox-supporting nose, iron lamp post, dandelion, straw sandal root, straw sandal sole, bitter ground gall, grinding ground gall, ox-eating grass, Lipu San, iron lamp, hair brush, and rabbit ear wind. This product belongs to the genus Eleutherodactyla of the Asteraceae family. It is a perennial herb. Growing on hillsides, roadsides, forest edges, and sloping grasslands. Distributed in Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan and other provinces in my country.

Niuqipu tastes bitter and slightly spicy, is cold in nature and non-toxic. Internal use can clear away heat and detoxify, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, dispel wind and cold, relieve heat and relieve pain. Used externally to disperse qi and relieve pain. Enters the liver and spleen meridians. It is mainly used to treat colds, lung heat cough, heatstroke, toothache, acute conjunctivitis, stomachache, rheumatic edema, etc.

1. To treat colds and flu: decoct 45g of Niuqi Pu in water and drink with brown sugar. Or take 45g of Niuqiepu, 30g each of Codonopsis pilosula and Ground Bean Grass, decocted in water and taken orally.

2. To treat lung heat and cough: decocted in water and taken orally with 30g each of Rhizoma Cynomorii and Rhizoma Pulmonariae.

3. To treat abdominal pain caused by heatstroke: 30 grams of Niuqiepu, pound it into a pulp, take the juice with wine.

4. To treat toothache caused by wind and fire: 2-3 fresh Niuqiepu plants, 1 duck egg, decocted in water and remove the residue, boil the duck egg in the soup, drink the soup and eat the egg.

5. To treat stomachache: Take 15g each of Niuqiepu and Shanpu ginger leaves, decoct in water and drink with wine.

6. To treat edema caused by nephritis: 30g each of Rhizoma Coix, Coix root, 10g of Leonurus japonicus and 15g of Taraxacum mongolicum, decocted in water and taken orally.

7. Treatment of oral ulcers: decocted 30 grams of Niuqi Pu in water, take 1 dose per day, divided into 2 doses.

8. Treatment of icteric hepatitis and whooping cough: decocted 60g of whole herb of Niuqipu in water.

9. Treatment of acute conjunctivitis: 20 grams of Niuqi Pu, 15 grams of wild chrysanthemum, 30 grams of plowhead grass, decocted in water, 1 dose per day, for 3-5 days.

10. To treat ascites due to liver cirrhosis: 50g of Niuqipu and 30g of Lobelia, decocted in water and taken orally.

11. To treat urinary retention and yellow urine: decocted 30g each of Rhizoma Imperatae and Rhizoma Imperatae in water and taken orally.