The efficacy and function of sour grass

Sour muscle grass has many names in different places. It is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine that can clear away heat and detoxify. The medicinal value of sour grass is very high, and its shapes can be simple leaves, compound leaves or pinnate leaves. The taste of sour grass is slightly sour and it is used to treat pharyngitis, toothache, menstrual disorders, burns and scalds. Sour muscle grass can be boiled in water and taken orally, or it can be mashed and applied to the affected area, but pregnant women should not eat sour muscle grass.

What is Solanum serrata

The sour grass is red flowered Oxalis, also known as red flowered Oxalis, flower grass, night-blooming plum, large-leaf Oxalis, three-leaf oxalis, and copper hammer grass. Oxalidaceae, perennial herb. The stems and leaves contain oxalic acid. Compound leaves, three leaflets, inverted heart-shaped, open during the day and close at night. It blooms from spring to autumn and the flowers are yellow, pink, and purple. The fruit is cylindrical. When ripe, the skin cracks and the seeds are ejected by elastic force. Originally from South Africa, it is now widely distributed throughout the world. It is not very cold-resistant, but it is heat-resistant and shade-tolerant.

Morphological characteristics of sour grass

Simple, trifoliate or pinnate leaves with stipules; leaflets are obcordate, oblong or flat triangular. Flowers are bisexual[1], solitary or in umbels; sepals 5; petals 5, white, yellow, pale yellow or pinkish purple; stamens 10-15; ovary 5-chambered. Capsule. Perennial herb, plant height 15 to 25 cm. With a tuberous fusiform rhizome. The whole plant is covered with fine white hairs. The leaves are basal, with long petioles, 3 leaflets palmately arranged in an inverted cordate shape, and the back of the leaves is covered with soft hairs. The flower stem emerges from the base, in umbels, slightly above the leaves. Flowers deep rose with vertical stripes. Flowering period is from April to November. The petals open during the day and close at night. There are white and purple flower varieties.

The main value of sour grass

The red-flowered Oxalis plant is short, with dense, lush green leaves and numerous small flowers that are romantic and lovely. In landscaping, it is used to arrange flower beds, flower troughs, etc. The plants are stable, the lines are clear, and there is a natural landscape. It is also an excellent dividing plant and ground cover plant. Another common plant of the same type is white-flowered Oxalis.

The medicinal value of sour muscle herb

[Source] The whole herb of Oxalis corymbosa DC. [O. martiana Zucc.], a plant of the genus Oxalis in the family Oxalidaceae. Harvested in summer and autumn, used fresh or sun-dried.

【Nature and flavor and meridians】 Sour, cold.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, disperses blood stasis and reduces swelling, and regulates menstruation. Used for pyelonephritis, dysentery, pharyngitis, toothache, irregular menstruation, leucorrhea; used externally to treat snake bites, bruises, burns and scalds.

[Usage and Dosage] 3-5 qian, decocted in water or soaked in wine and taken orally; for external use, mash the fresh grass and apply to the affected area.

【Note】 Pregnant women should not take this medicine.