What does wild crane grass treat?

The medicinal material of wild crane grass is bitter, and can dispel wind and dampness, relax muscles and tendons, and treat symptoms such as limb numbness. The general method of taking it is oral administration or flushing with water. It is used to treat rheumatism and numbness of the limbs. Therefore, the usage and dosage of wild crane grass, you can understand its medicinal value, and then choose wild crane grass to treat your condition according to your own condition.

The effects of old crane grass:

Nature and flavor: bitter, sweet, neutral. It enters the liver and large intestine meridians.

Functions and indications: dispel wind and dampness, relax muscles and tendons, and stop diarrhea. Used for rheumatic pain, limb numbness, muscle and bone pain, and damp-heat diarrhea.

Usage and Dosage: For oral use, decocted in water, 9-30g; for external use, boiled into paste for application.

Storage: Place in ventilated place.

1. Ben Jing: It is used to treat severe fever, malignant sores, carbuncle, infiltration, redness, red skin and fever. 2. Materia Medica: Treats scrofula, rat fistula, and alternating cold and heat seasons.

3. "Tang Materia Medica": Mash and apply to treat heat swelling and erysipelas.

4. "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): Apply salt to the affected area to reduce swelling, toxicity, and treat measles, scabies, and tinea.

5. "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": It is used to treat hot flashes at noon, dizziness, fear of cold, soreness and fatigue of limbs, loss of appetite, malnutrition in men, women and children, and persistent fever due to consumptive disease. It can promote urination, with buffalo meat as the inducer.

6. "Compendium of Materia Medica": Grind the juice and apply it to treat sudden red eyes.

7. "Bencao Qiuyuan": Removes heat and toxins, treats leucorrhea, cures rickets, and regulates intestinal qi.

8. “Collection of Commonly Used Folk Herbs”: Diuretic and spleen-regulating. Treat watery diarrhea and red and white dysentery.

9. "Luchuan Materia Medica": detoxification, purging fire, and promoting urination. Treat febrile diseases, headache, fever, thirst, and yellow and red urine.

10. "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine Records": dispels wind and cold. It can treat lung heat and cough, eliminate goiter, treat carbuncle and swelling, and eliminate food stagnation and bloating.

11. "Mindong Materia Medica": Treats summer heat, shaqi, abdominal pain and bloating.

12. "Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine" II: Clears away summer heat and removes dampness and heat. It can be used to treat hepatomegaly, pleurisy, double and single throat moth, prevent and treat measles, and relieve Gelsemium elegans poisoning.

The role of old crane grass:

Lao He Cao is used for rheumatic pain, limb numbness, joint discomfort and other symptoms. It is effective when used alone and can be decocted in water or made into a paste. If it is combined with other medicines such as cinnamon twig, angelica, safflower, and white peony, it can enhance the effects of promoting blood circulation, unblocking meridians and relieving pain.

1. Antiviral Effect

The extract of wild crane grass root contains flavonoids, catechins, and tannins, which can inhibit the replication of many viruses (such as influenza, herpes simplex, vaccinia, HIV-I), among which the anti-influenza virus effect is the most obvious. It can reduce the infectivity of various influenza virus strains in vitro and inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans in vitro.

2. Liver protection

Geranium can inhibit lipid peroxidation in liver mitochondria and microsomes, reduce plasma cholesterol and GOT/GPT levels, and inhibit mitochondrial lipid peroxidation induced by ADP and ascorbic acid. It also inhibits microsomal lipid peroxidation induced by ADP and NADPH, thereby protecting the liver from damage.

3. Antibacterial effect

The sterile aqueous solution of Herba Geraniae extract has inhibitory effects on Shigella flexneri, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro.