Efficacy of Herba ephedrae

Efficacy and function of 1 iris lactiflora

Alias rotten grass (Guizhou folk medicine).

The source is the whole grass of the Gramineae plant Setaria viridis. Harvest after autumn.

Perennial herbs in primitive form, up to 1 m. Culms erect, sometimes swollen at the base. Leaf blade oval to oblong, with strong wrinkles, 7 ~ 25 cm long and 1.2 ~ 3 cm wide, with tapering ends and mastoid veins on both sides; The leaf sheath is bare and the scabbard mouth is hairy. Panicle is pointed, scattered, up to 30 cm or more, green; Branches upward, alienated, long 1 ~ 7 cm; Spikelets are oval, about 3 mm long, short and pointed, closely arranged on short branches, forming a raceme of intermittent resurrection; Some spikelets have 1 root bristles at the base, and the bristles are usually less than 1 cm long; 1 glume nearly round, about 1 mm long, wedge-shaped at the top, 3 veins; The second oval, about 2 mm long, has 5 veins; Sterile florets are neutral; Lemma elliptic, about 3 mm long, 5-veined; Palea narrow, lanceolate, transparent; The lemma of fruit floret is about 2.5 mm long, wrinkled, with narrow edge and surrounded by lemma. Summer and autumn blossom and bear fruit.

Habitat distribution: wet ground, under forest. Distributed in the south of the Yangtze River basin.

It's bland, tasteless and nontoxic.

Function: detoxification, insecticidal and carrion removal.

Attachment ① Treatment of copper ringworm: tender horsegrass, mashed and applied with juice to the affected area.

Excerpt from * dictionary

Casuarina equisetifolia is often used to treat some diseases. It can be combined into compound or used alone as needed, but it should not be eaten blindly to avoid adverse effects on the body.