What are the medicinal values ​​of Lophatherum gracile

Luobu hemp is also called red hemp in some places. It is an evergreen plant that lives in Guangxi and other areas of my country. The plants of this plant can generally grow to about three meters. The locals have a long history of planting Luobu hemp. They will use Luobu hemp to make soup or tea. What is the use of doing this? Let’s take a look at what the experts say.

1. Treating high blood pressure

Use 1-2 qian of Luobu Ma leaves every day, soak them in boiling water and drink as tea; or decoct them and take them at regular times in the morning and evening. A total of 596 cases were treated, of which 169 were treated with Luobu Ma leaves alone; 427 cases were treated with Luobu Ma leaves instead because other antihypertensive drugs had unstable effects, or antihypertensive drugs were used together with Luobu Ma leaves, and Luobu Ma leaves were used to consolidate the effects after the blood pressure dropped to a certain level.

2. Improve heart failure

Take 5 qian (about 16 g) of dried Apocynum venetum root (chopped), add about 300 ml of water, soak for 12 hours, then simmer for 1 hour, cool and filter to obtain about 200 ml of filtrate, add a little paraben to make an 80% decoction. All patients with grade II or grade III congestive heart failure admitted to the hospital should be given 100 ml of the decoction twice a day. When the heart rate drops to 70-80 beats/minute, change to the maintenance dose, once a day, about 50 ml each time.

3. Treatment of edema

4-5 qian of Lophatherum root was decocted in water and taken twice a day. 34 patients with edema caused by various reasons were observed, and it was proved that it had a certain diuretic and detumescent effect. The observed cases included 10 cases of renal edema, 10 cases of cardiac edema, 6 cases of cirrhosis edema, 5 cases of pregnancy edema, and 3 cases of other edema. Most of them were critically ill patients who had no significant effect on other diuretics. After taking Lophatherum root, 10 cases showed marked effect and 19 cases were effective.

Seeing this, I believe you already know that Luobu Ma has many medicinal values. In addition to the three accidents mentioned above, Luobu Ma can also prevent colds. Now that the weather has gradually dropped, drinking Luobu Ma soaked in water every day can effectively prevent colds caused by coldness and prevent high blood pressure.