What are the effects of centipede grass?

Centipede grass is a kind of plant Chinese medicine with very high medicinal value. Eating centipede grass can supplement a component needed by the body, can have a detoxifying effect, and can also treat colds, joint pain, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. It is very good to the human body. It can also treat some skin injuries with very significant effects. You can crush the centipede grass and apply it on the skin surface.

The efficacy and function of centipede grass

1. Rich in substances

The whole plant contains lignan glycosides, cis-dihydro-dehydroconiferyl-9-O-β-D-glucoside, lariciresinol-9-O-β-D-glucoside, and diacylglycerol trimethylhomoserine.

2. Efficacy and effects

Nature and flavor: light, flat. Functions and indications: dispel wind and promote blood circulation, detoxify and kill insects. Used to prevent and treat influenza, dysentery, rheumatic pain, and traumatic injuries; used externally to treat centipede bites and scabies. Dosage and administration: 2 to 4 qian of rhizome. For external use, mash the whole herb and apply it or boil it in water to wash the affected area.

3. Clinical application

3.1. Treat scabies.

3.2. Prevent epidemics, reduce swelling and fever. Treat abdominal pain, dysentery, centipede bites, and unknown swelling.

3.3. To treat scabies: 2 liang of centipede grass (whole herb), 4 liang of Yipoguan. 4 ounces of dried garlic stalks. Wash with decoction three times a day. You must also take disinfectants internally: one ounce each of white tuckahoe, white mulberry bark, and dandelion, and four ounces of eight-clawed golden dragon. Take it in decoction, three times a day.

Introduction of Centipede Grass

Perennial herb, belonging to Pteridophyte, prefers warm, moist and semi-shady environment, 1.3-2m tall. Rhizome short, linear-lanceolate, yellow-brown scales, with a reticulate pith. The leaves are clustered, with petioles 10-30cm long, erect, brown when dry, and petioles, rachis and pinnae covered with linear scales; leaves are rectangular to lanceolate, 10-100cm long, with the middle pinnae the longest, gradually pointed at the tip, with sharp serrations on the edge of the tip, truncated at the base, cordate, sometimes slightly ear-shaped, and the lower pinnae gradually shortened; leaves are sub-leathery, glabrous on both sides, with simple veins that are 1 or 1-times forked. The sori are linear, and the sori cap is narrowly linear, membranous, and yellowish brown. Distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.