What diseases can knotweed cure

The field grass of the south is a very common herb. Although it is inconspicuous, it is very effective in treating cough and lung cancer. If you suffer from cough, drinking water soaked with grass for a long time will be of great help to our body. However, grass should not be taken excessively. Taking too much will not only have no benefits, but may also damage our body. The following is a detailed introduction to what diseases grass can cure.

The herb is sweet, slightly bitter and flat in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, improving eyesight, removing cataracts, and removing phlegm and relieving cough. Used for red and swollen eyes, corneal opacity, hepatitis, cough, bronchitis, and urinary tract infection.

It needs to be explained that the herb is from the same genus as the Chinese medicinal herb Equisetum arvense, but is a different species. It is also called native horsetail, eyebrow-locking grass, pen holder, native ephedra, grass ephedra, and wood grass. It is the whole herb of the herb of the genus Equisetum of the family Equisetaceae. There are slight differences between Equisetum arvense and Equisetum arvense, which can be distinguished mainly by their origin and mature plants. The stems of the herb are used as medicine, and can act as a diuretic and clear away wind and heat. Pencilwort is a subspecies of knotweed.

1. To treat conjunctivitis: 50 cents each of pen holder grass, money grass, four-leaf clover, pearl grass, and coix seed. Decoction in water for oral administration.

2. To treat eye fog: decoct the herb in water, wash with it and take it internally.

3. To treat acute stranguria: 1 liang of knotweed and 0.5 liang of rock sugar. Add water and decoct.

4. To treat intestinal bleeding, leucorrhea, and injuries from falls: 2 qian of knotweed. Decoction in water.

6. To treat hematuria: 50 cents each of knotweed, sheep's hoof, and snakehead intestine, 1 liang of loblolly flower, and 4 liang of Imperata root. Decoction in water.

5. Treatment of pyelonephritis: 50 cents each of knotweed, a pack of needles, plantain, and horseshoe beetle, and 1 liang each of yellow ear grass and radix scutellariae. Decoction in water.

8. To treat bruises and fractures: After recovery, take a handful of fresh knotweed, mix it with brown sugar, mash it and apply it externally.

7. Urinary tract infection: decoct in water and drink.

The efficacy and function of knotweed

[Nature and flavor and meridians] Sweet, slightly bitter, neutral.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, promotes diuresis, improves eyesight and removes cataracts, eliminates phlegm and relieves cough. Used for red and swollen eyes, corneal opacity, hepatitis, cough, bronchitis, and urinary tract infection.

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": Equisetum arvense has the same shape and nature as ephedra, so it can also induce sweating, relieve muscle pain, disperse fire stagnation and rheumatism, and treat various blood diseases of the eyes.

2. "Bencao Jingshu": Horsetail herb is the main treatment for eye diseases, removes cataracts, benefits the liver and gallbladder and improves eyesight. It is used to treat blockages of wood, intestinal wind, dysentery, and treat women's continuous menstruation, metrorrhagia, red and white bleeding, and hemorrhoidal bleeding. It enters the blood and benefits the liver and gallbladder because the liver stores blood.

What are the effects and functions of knotweed?

3. "Ben Jing Feng Yuan": Equisetum arvense is used to treat wind-heat in the eyes, sudden cataracts, stop tears, and disperse wind in the liver and lungs.

4. "Bencao Qiuzhen": Equisetum arvense, the book says that its shape and quality are similar to ephedra, and its ascending and dispersing effects are also quite similar, but it is not pungent and hot, and it enters the foot Shaoyang gallbladder and the foot Jueyin liver, and can dispel wind-heat in the blood of the two meridians, so that the blood can flow to the eyes, so it is an important agent for removing cataracts and improving eyesight. It is not like ephedra, which is pungent and dry in nature, and specifically opens the Wei pores to cause profuse sweating.

What are the effects and functions of knotweed?

Usage and Dosage of Knotweed

Decoction, 3-5 qian (1-2 liang for fresh ones); For external use of knotweed: decoct in water for washing or mash and apply.

Taboos on eating knotweed

1. Oral administration of knotweed: Taking knotweed continuously for one month has better effects and exceeds its toxic effects.

2. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that "taking too much of knotweed will damage the liver and should not be taken for a long time."

3. Excessive use of knotweed may cause coagulation disorders, pulmonary insufficiency, etc.

Additional prescription of knotweed

1. To treat conjunctivitis: 50 cents each of pen holder grass, money grass, four-leaf clover, pearl grass, and coix seed. Decoction in water for oral administration. (Chongqing Herbs)

2. To treat eye fog: decoct the herb in water, wash with it and take it internally. (Chongqing Herbs)

3. To treat acute stranguria: 1 liang of knotweed and 0.5 liang of rock sugar. Add water and decoct. (Fujian Folk Herbs)