How to cook Hedyotis diffusa

Snake tongue grass is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine distributed in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions. It can treat diseases such as childhood pneumonia, appendicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease and so on. Snake tongue grass has strong healing and health-preserving functions and can be used as a beverage. The cooking method of snake tongue grass is also a matter of concern to many people. So, how to cook snake tongue grass? Let’s look at the method in detail below.

Ingredients: 1 jin of Hedyotis diffusa, 1/2 jin of Lobelia, appropriate amount of sugar

practice

1. Soak the snake tongue grass for 3 minutes, wash and set aside.

2. Pour 12 bowls of water into the pot, add snake tongue grass and lobelia, boil for 1 1/2 hours, add appropriate amount of sugar for seasoning, and it is done.

The main valuable ingredients include hexadecane, stigmasterol, sitosterol, ursolic acid, p-coumaric acid, hedyotis diffusa glycoside (possibly coumarin) and flavonoids.

It can significantly enhance the body's immune ability, such as stimulating the proliferation of reticuloendothelial cells, activating phagocytosis, promoting antibody formation, and causing the argyrophilic substances in tissues such as lymph nodes, spleen, and liver to become denser. It has anti-tumor effects, such as inhibiting acute lymphocytic, granulocytic, monocytic and chronic granulocytic tumor cells; it has inhibitory effects on Yoshida sarcoma and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma. The in vitro antibacterial effect is not significant, but the high-concentration decoction has an inhibitory effect on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus, Shigella dysenteriae, Haemophilus influenzae, Pneumococcus, hemolytic Streptococcus, and Neisseria. In addition, it can enhance the function of the adrenal cortex and has analgesic, sedative and hypnotic effects.

Pharmacological Action

1. Anti-tumor effect: In vitro (equivalent to 6 g/ml of raw drug), it has a strong inhibitory effect on acute lymphocytic, granulocytic, monocytic and chronic granulocytic tumor cells (methylene blue test tube method); measured by Warburg respirator, the inhibitory effect on the former two is also strong. The extract was used in experimental treatment of S-180 and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in mice, and Yoshida sarcoma in rats, but had no obvious anti-cancer effect. 0.5-1 gram of the crude drug/ml had inhibitory effects on Yoshida sarcoma and Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in vitro (methylene blue test tube method), but the authors believe that this is non-specific. 2. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects: The antibacterial effect in vitro is not significant, and it only has a weak effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella dysenteriae. The effects of the decoction on the phagocytic function of the reticuloendothelial system and the phagocytic activity of leukocytes in vivo and in vitro in normal and artificial appendicitis rabbits were observed. It was believed that its anti-inflammatory effect was due to factors such as stimulating the proliferation of the reticuloendothelial system and enhancing the activity of phagocytes.