Medicinal effects of pig ear grass

Cat's ear grass is also a Chinese herbal medicine. It is a wild grass and often grows in some inconspicuous places on the roadside in the wild. Many people are not particularly familiar with cat's ear grass, but when it comes to plantain, many people are more familiar with it. It is a kind of plant that is cold and non-toxic. It has a diuretic effect, can promote the metabolism of urine, has a certain effect of expectorant, antiasthmatic and antitussive, and has a good therapeutic effect on skin ulcers that do not heal for a long time.

Medicinal effects of pig ear grass

When talking about pig ear grass, you may think of its other name, plantain. Because it grows on the roadside where vehicles pass, it is called "plantain". In fact, most people regard pig ear grass as a medicinal herb. It is usually wild and rarely cultivated. It has high medicinal value and has the effects of promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria, clearing away heat and detoxifying, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, removing phlegm and stopping diarrhea.

It is generally not eaten directly, but decocted as a medicinal ingredient. It can effectively help us solve the physical discomforts that we often encounter in daily life. If we know more about the effects of pig ear grass, we will be able to help ourselves solve various minor body problems in a healthier and more scientific way.

1. The roots and leaves of pig ear grass have a sweet and mild taste, are cold in nature and non-toxic.

2. Pig's ear grass has a diuretic pharmacological effect, which can increase the excretion of water in the human body and increase the excretion of urea, uric acid and sodium chloride.

3. The seeds of pig ear grass contain a large amount of gum, which can be used as a bulk laxative and has the effect of lowering serum cholesterol in humans. It can promote the proliferation of synovial connective tissue of the joint capsule, thereby restoring the original tension of the relaxed joint capsule and playing a protective role on the joint capsule.

4. Pig's ear grass has the effects of suppressing cough, relieving asthma and removing phlegm.

5. Pig's ear grass can be used externally to treat skin ulcers that have not healed for a long time and styes in the eyes.

6. The seeds of pig ear grass contain a lot of mucus, psyllium acid, choline, adenine, succinic acid, vitamin B1, fatty oil, protein, resin, etc. It can treat urinary obstruction, stranguria, leucorrhea, hematuria, diarrhea caused by summer heat and dampness, cough with sputum, dampness and arthralgia, and red eyes and cataracts.

Nutritional value of pig ear grass

First, every 100 grams of young leaf buds of pig ear grass contains 10 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of protein, 1 gram of fat, 309 milligrams of calcium, 175 milligrams of phosphorus, 25 milligrams of iron, 58 milligrams of carotene, 23 milligrams of vitamin C, as well as bile alkaloids, potassium salts, citric acid, oxalic acid, and aucubin.

Second, every 100 grams of pig ear grass seeds contains a large amount of mucilage, which is a uniform colloidal liquid composed of xylose, arabinose, galacturonic acid, rhamnose and galactose.

Third, pig ear grass contains enolic acid, succinic acid, adenine, psyllium, choline, etc.

Fourth, pig ear grass also contains plantago ginsenoside, aucubin, ursolic acid, sitosterol, etc.