What are the effects of crucian carp gall grass

Crucian carp gallbladder grass is a relatively common Chinese medicine. It has the function of clearing away heat and detoxifying and treating constipation. Crucian carp gall grass soaked in water can also treat sore throat. After being bitten by mosquitoes, you can crush the crucian carp gall grass and apply it to the wound, which has a very good healing effect. Crucian carp gallbladder can also have a good effect on dizziness, vomiting and fever. When you have a fever, crush the crucian carp gallbladder and apply it on the patient's forehead or decoct it into medicine for oral administration.

Crucian carp gall grass is a perennial, nearly erect or procumbent herb, up to 0.3 to 1 meter tall. Stems smooth or rough. Leaves are opposite, nearly leathery, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide, glabrous above, usually pubescent beneath; stipules are membranous, connate into a short sheath, with 5-7 long spines on top. The flowers are white, almost sessile, and clustered in the leaf axils; the calyx is 4-lobed, about 2 mm long, usually hairy; the corolla is about 3 mm long, with 4 lobes, all bare; there are 4 stamens; there is 1 pistil, the ovary is 2-chambered, and the style is linear. The capsule is spherical, about 1.5 mm long and wide, indehiscent, and covered with coarse hairs. The flowering period is between summer and autumn.

Compared with cut grass (Essentials of Raw Medicinal Herbs), mountain centipede, centipede grass, walking centipede (Fujian Folk Herbs), crucian carp, gentian, knotweed, bitter dander (Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine II), bitter knotweed, fine-leaved ugly grass (Rural Chinese Herbal Medicine Preparation Technology).

It must be noted that the following groups of people should not eat crucian carp gall grass. The first group of people are pregnant women. Pregnant women should not eat crucian carp gall grass during pregnancy. Although it is a traditional Chinese medicine, it still contains some toxic substances that will affect the fetus in the belly. The second group of people are those with gastrointestinal diseases, because crucian carp gall grass is cold in nature and may harm the stomach and intestines if consumed. The third group of people are the elderly with weak bodies, who are not suitable for taking Chinese medicines such as crucian carp gall grass.