What are the effects and functions of Hanxincao?

Han Xin grass is a very good plant and also a very useful medicinal material. The appearance of Han Xin grass is also very good. It is not like other Chinese medicinal materials that look ordinary and difficult to identify. Many Chinese medicine practitioners like to use Han Xincao to prepare some medicines to help people recover to a certain extent. Having said so much, some people still don’t know what effects and functions Han Xincao has. Let’s take a look at it below.

【Functions and indications】: Clears away heat and detoxifies; promotes blood circulation and relieves pain; stops bleeding and reduces swelling. It is mainly used to treat carbuncle, furuncle, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, scrofula, snake bites, lung heat, cough and asthma, toothache, laryngeal paralysis, pharyngitis, pain in muscles and bones, vomiting blood, hemoptysis, blood in stool, bruises, traumatic bleeding, and skin itching.

[Usage and Dosage]: For oral use: decoct in water, 10-15g; or mash into juice, 30-60g of fresh product; or soak in wine. For external use: take appropriate amount, mash and apply; or decoct in water for washing.

【Note】: Pregnant women should take with caution.

[Antibacterial effect]: Using the flat plate trenching method, 50% decoction of Scutellaria barbata has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli.

[Anti-spasmodic and expectorant effect]: The safflower contained in this product has a strong effect of resisting the smooth muscle contraction caused by histamine, and has a good expectorant effect.

[Inhibitory Effect]: The screening experiment using the Methylene Blue tube method showed that this product has a very mild inhibitory effect on acute myeloid leukemia cells; the screening experiment using the cell respirator method showed that the inhibition rate on acute myeloid leukemia blood cells is greater than 75%.

【Immunomodulatory effect】: The polysaccharide contained in this product can promote A-induced mouse spleen cell lymphocyte transformation in vitro, and its optimal concentration is 400r/ml.

Some of Han Xin grass is wild, and some can be cultivated artificially. Due to the huge demand in the market, if there is no artificial cultivation, the supply of Han Xin grass will not be enough. However, when planting Hanxin grass, you must pay attention that this plant likes warm and humid places, so you cannot plant Hanxin grass casually.