What are the medicinal values ​​of centipede grass

Centipede grass has an appearance similar to a centipede and can also treat centipede bites. Don’t underestimate the medicinal value of centipede grass. It can treat bruises and injuries. The rheumatic pain that is most annoying to the elderly can also be treated with centipede grass. There are so many magical things about plants, it's really eye-opening. Centipede grass likes to live in a warm environment. The planting method is not very complicated as long as you understand it. Centipede grass can treat abdominal pain and swelling.

In the wild, it mostly grows on rotten wood under rocks by streams.

[Other names]: centipede fern, small Guanzhong, Baiyejian, centipede fern, Guanzhong, ox ribs, comb grass, small centipede grass, dog spine, long-leaf licorice fern, lung tendon grass, small ox ribs, centipede, chopping grass sword, comb grass, black muscle relaxing grass

[Source]: Medicinal material source: the whole herb or rhizome of centipede grass of the Pteridaceae family.

[Collection]: It can be harvested throughout the year, washed, used fresh or dried.

[Plant morphology]: Perennial herb, 1.3-2m tall. The rhizome is short, covered with linear-lanceolate, yellow-brown scales and 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 oblong to lanceolate, 10-100cm long, 5-30cm wide, and once pinnate; pinnae are sessile, linear, 4-20cm long, 0.5-1cm wide, the middle pinnae is 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 shorten; leaves are sub-leathery, glabrous on both sides, with simple veins that are 1 or 1-forked. The sori are linear, and the sori cap is narrowly linear, membranous, and yellowish brown.

【Nature and flavor】: light; bitter; cool

The efficacy and function of centipede grass

Dispel wind and dampness; relax muscles and tendons; detoxify and kill insects. It is mainly used for rheumatic pain in muscles and bones; lumbago; numbness and difficulty in flexion and extension of limbs; hemiplegia; traumatic injury; cold; dysentery; mastitis; sores; scabies; ascariasis; early snake bites

Usage and Dosage of Centipede Grass

For internal use: decoction, 6-12g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application; or decoct it in water for fumigation and washing.

Centipede grass recipe

For treating scabies: 2 liang of centipede grass (whole herb), 4 liang of yisaoguan, and 4 liang of garlic stalks (dried). Wash with decoction in water, three times a day. You must also take disinfectants internally: one ounce each of white poria, white mulberry bark, and dandelion, and four ounces of eight-clawed golden dragon. Take it in decoction, three times a day. Guizhou Folk Medicine

Extended reading: Habitat distribution of centipede grass

Ecological environment: Grown on open calcareous soil or limestone at an altitude of 2000-3100m.

Resource distribution: distributed in central and southern China, southwest China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, etc.

As mentioned above, I hope to give everyone a reference to understand the benefits of centipede grass, and more importantly, it can treat centipede bites. It can also treat bruises and injuries. Centipede grass looks like a centipede. Centipede grass has high medicinal value and can be used to treat many diseases. It can also be used for abdominal pain. People in the past did not have such good medical conditions, so centipede grass can solve many problems. When bitten by a centipede, the wound is very painful, and centipede grass can quickly relieve the pain.