Rural children all know the holy medicine for stopping bleeding, Band-Aid is too embarrassing

White stinkweed, also known as white flower vanilla, heart thistle, or simply called stinkweed because it has a strange smell when it is crushed.

In rural areas, it is found in every corner of the village and among the fields. When it is not needed, it is a weed with a particularly strong reproductive ability, but once a wound bleeds, it transforms into a holy medicine for stopping bleeding.

If you have a minor wound and are bleeding, pick a few leaves of white stinkweed, chew them into pieces in your mouth, and apply them on the wound to stop the bleeding. The elderly believe that saliva has the miraculous effect of stopping bleeding and reducing inflammation, so the hemostatic effect of stinkweed mixed with saliva will be better.

For large wounds, they would collect a handful of stinkweed leaves, crush them with a wooden stick, press them on the wound, and then bandage it. This would stop the bleeding quickly. The green juice would not be wasted and would be evenly poured around the wound.

Even though Band-Aids are now widely used, people in rural areas still like to use stinkweed to stop bleeding. Its status has remained unshakable, and children are also familiar with the method of using stinkweed to stop bleeding.

White flower stinkweed not only has a significant hemostatic effect, but also has many other effects, silently protecting the health of rural people:

1. White flower stinkweed can dispel wind and dissipate heat, and is often used to treat colds and fevers. The roots of white flower stinkweed can be boiled with brown sugar and drunk, which has a significant effect;

2. White flower stinkweed has a good anti-inflammatory effect. It has a good therapeutic effect on skin ulcers, scabies, redness and swelling before suppuration, etc. This effect is widely used in rural areas.

3. White stinkweed also has a good effect in treating otitis media. Mash the leaves of white stinkweed and drip the green juice into the inflamed area of ​​the ear 2-3 times a day to control and cure the symptoms of otitis media.

4. White stinkweed can be used to treat symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections such as tonsillitis and pharyngitis, and it also has a good therapeutic effect on Candida albicans infections of the oral mucosa.

5. White flower stinkweed is also a traditional Chinese medicine for treating acute gastroenteritis, stomachache, abdominal pain, kidney stones and other digestive system diseases. It is especially effective in relieving acute and chronic abdominal pain.