What does Tongcao look like?

Have you ever heard of Tongcao? Do you understand its functions and effects? Tongcao is a kind of plant of the Araliaceae family, belonging to the shrub or bush plant, dominated by nature. In nature, it can be divided into two types: the common tongcao and the hollow tongcao, and both can be used as medicine. In order to let everyone know more about Tongcao, I will show you the pictures of Tongcao later and also tell you the functions and effects of Tongcao.

Tongcao pictures Tongcao's functions and effects

1. Basic professional knowledge of Tongcao

Tongcao belongs to the Araliaceae family, a wild plant that grows mostly in Sichuan, Hubei, Gansu and Yunnan provinces in my country. It is mostly in a thin cylindrical shape, with a maximum diameter of no more than one meter, and the surface is mostly light yellow. The color is soft, it is easy to bend, and it is easy to deform when squeezed hard. After being soaked in water, the tongcao will have a sticky feeling, and there is no obvious smell.

2. The role of Tongcao

Tongcao is sweet and mild in taste and cold in nature. It can enter the lung meridian and liver and gallbladder meridian. It has the effects of promoting diuresis, clearing away heat and detoxifying, as well as promoting lactation. It can usually be used to treat various diseases such as cold and damp urine, urinary obstruction, and human floating sperm. It can also be used to treat women's low milk or milk blockage after childbirth.

3. Tongcao can cure human thirst

Tongcao has a very good therapeutic effect on human thirst and difficulty urinating caused by dampness and heat in the body. During treatment, Tongcao can be used together with feldspar, raw earth, and light bamboo leaves and other Chinese herbal medicines, which will make its effect of removing dampness and heat more significant. In addition, when Tongcao is used to treat women's lack of milk after childbirth, Tongcao can be decocted together with Vaccaria segetalis and Jiushan Grade A Chinese herbal medicine, and an appropriate amount of pig's feet can be added. After pregnant women take it, the symptoms of lack of milk after childbirth will disappear quickly.