What are the effects and functions of sheep's foot grass

Broomrape is actually a kind of herb. It is often dried and used as a medicine in folk medicine because it can clear away heat and detoxify, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and can also effectively treat diarrhea and bloody stools. It can also effectively inhibit hemolytic Staphylococcus aureus and some tumor diseases, so correct use is better for its health value.

Broomrape is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian and other places. It is about 30 cm long, with slender rhizomes and papery, gray-green leaves. The leaves at the base are ovate and harp-shaped, with a hay smell and a light and slightly salty taste. Its main therapeutic effects include clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It can cure dysentery, diarrhea, bloody stool, edema, intestinal carbuncle, ear infection, red eyes, throat sores, furuncles, and swelling.

Antibacterial effect

The decoction of this product has an inhibitory effect on hemolytic Staphylococcus aureus. The 100% decoction was tested by the plate punch method against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, palmitic acid and honey acid.

Tumor inhibition effect

The methanol extract of Herba Codonopsis pilosulae is a cytotoxin to DL, EAC, and L-929 cells, but has no toxic effect on normal lymphocytes under in vitro conditions. Giving mice a dose of 100 mg/kg intragastricly can inhibit tumor growth, increase the survival time of tumor mice, and inhibit DNA synthesis.

Treat chronic gastroenteritis: 60g of Radix Glehniae and 6g of cinnamon bark. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbal Medicine")

For treating wind-heat: 120g of wild kale and 0.3g of plum tablets. Mash the mixture together and apply around the eye sockets.

For treating infantile malnutrition: 9g of wild kale. Eat lean pork. (Recipes 2 and 3 are from the Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Guangxi)

For the treatment of mastitis and carbuncle: Take an appropriate amount of fresh whole herb of (Yidianhong), add a little salt and mash it, apply it to the affected area, change it once a day. At the same time, take 30g of fresh whole herb (15g of dried product) and decoct it in water. ("Common Herbs Used by Zhejiang People")

I hope that after reading the above introduction, you will be able to have a more scientific understanding of its role, so that we can use it correctly in our lives to suppress some tumor diseases, especially for some chronic gastroenteritis, or frequent diarrhea and bloody stools, we can use it correctly for treatment.