Pictures of prickly heat grass

According to traditional Chinese medicine, prickly heat is caused by hot weather, obstructed sweating, inability to release heat, and accumulation of summer-heat and dampness in the skin. Therefore, external treatment should focus on clearing away heat, replenishing deficiency, promoting dampness and relieving itching. In the hot summer, if your child has prickly heat, don't panic. The bathing method introduced below can help your child spend the summer in a refreshing way.

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Prickly heat grass bath

Use the herb as the main ingredient in the bath to treat prickly heat. This prescription can not only clear away heat and dampness, but also replenish the body and promote sweating, making it a wonderful prescription for treating prickly heat.

How to use the secret recipe: Take 30 grams of prickly heat grass, add 20 grams each of Scrophularia, Phellodendron, and Red Peony Root, 6 grams of mint, and 15 grams of Patchouli. Take 1 dose per day, decocted in bathing pool water, twice a day. Generally, the itching can be eliminated on the same day, and the disease will heal after washing for 5 to 7 days.

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Mint Bath

Peppermint contains volatile oil, the main components of which are menthol, menthol ketone and menthol formate, which are also effective in preventing prickly heat. How to use the secret recipe: Use 150 grams of fresh and fragrant mint, boil it in water and use it for bathing, suitable for both young and old.

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Echinops thorn seed bath

30 grams each of Scrophularia, Scutellaria, White Peony, Menthus, and Saposhnikovia, and 20 grams of Safflower. The method of use is: wrap the raw materials with gauze, add more water and boil it, and then give the child a bath after it cools to a suitable temperature. Each dose can be used for 1 to 2 days, and you can take a bath 2 to 3 times a day.

Wild plants and animals that are regarded as weeds by many people are now known to have certain functions and effects. Different weeds have different functions when used as medicinal materials, but not everyone knows which weeds have these functions and effects. It seems that people living in rural areas in their daily lives can learn more about these herbs that can be used as medicine. With these wild weeds, they can cure various minor injuries without spending a penny.

Wild weeds with certain functions and effects, see if this one is familiar to you. Like the wild weeds that can often be seen in many villages, this type of weed also has high functions and effects. One kind has a wooden tip and will have multiple branches at a certain position. The quadrangular stems will have ovate-lanceolate edges with serrated opposite leaves. The not very large leaves make the whole plant look very regular. At the top are light purple flowers.

For this kind of weed that looks very regular, if you have a deep understanding of it, you will know that its alias is called small fish fairy grass. In different regions, people call it differently. It seems that some places call it prickly heat grass, while others call it fragrant flower plant. But no matter what we call this kind of fish fairy grass, it cannot cover up the fact that this weed can be used as a medicinal herb. It is best to pick wolf grass as medicine in autumn and winter.

The small fish jelly grass can be used fresh directly or dried before use. As a medicinal herb, the small fish jelly grass has many functions and effects. It can be used to treat colds, fever, heat stroke, headache, heat rash, eczema and other diseases. To sum up, the functions of this kind of herbal remedy are to dispel wind and relieve itching, clear away heat, remove dampness and relieve itching. It has to be admitted that there are really many products in this village. Do you know them well?