Goose Does Not Eat Grass is a traditional Chinese medicine that has the effects of dispelling wind, dispersing cold, overcoming dampness, removing turbidity, and clearing nasal congestion. It can be used to treat colds, cold asthma, sore throat, whooping cough, abdominal pain caused by dampness, amoebic dysentery, malaria, malnutrition diarrhea, rhinitis, nasal polyps, eye turbidity and itching, perianal abscess, scabies, and injuries. Let's take a closer look at the efficacy and action of Goose Does Not Eat Grass.
[Properties and Channels]
Properties and Channels: Pungent, warm.
"Lu Chanyan Bencao": "Warm, non-toxic."
"Yi Lin Zuan Yao": "Pungent and bitter, warm."
Channels: "Enters the Tai Yin meridian of the hand." "Relieves eye turbidity, removes nasal congestion, and the turbid membranes will fall off." - "Depei Bencao"
[Efficacy and Action]
Goose Does Not Eat Grass has the effects of dispelling wind, dispersing cold, overcoming dampness, removing turbidity, and clearing nasal congestion. It is mainly used to treat colds, cold asthma, sore throat, whooping cough, abdominal pain caused by dampness, amoebic dysentery, malaria, malnutrition diarrhea, rhinitis, nasal polyps, eye turbidity and itching, perianal abscess, scabies, and injuries.
1. Wind-cold colds
Goose Does Not Eat Grass is pungent and warm, and can dispel wind and cold. However, its medicinal power is relatively weak, so it is less commonly used for wind-cold colds. It is mainly used for wind-cold colds with nasal congestion, runny nose, and headache. It can be combined with Xin Xing, Bai Zhi, and Cang Er Zi.
2. Nasal congestion
Goose Does Not Eat Grass is pungent and warm, and enters the lung meridian, which can open the lung orifices and relieve nasal congestion. In ancient times, it was often used to plug the nose to treat nasal polyps, rhinitis, and headache. In modern clinical practice, it is mainly used for nasal inflammation (including acute rhinitis, chronic simple rhinitis, hypertrophic rhinitis, allergic rhinitis, etc.) by nasal administration. It has various dosage forms and is effective when used alone. It can also be combined with Cang Er Zi, Xin Yi, Bai Zhi, and other medicines that dispel wind and cold and open the nasal orifices to treat nasal congestion caused by wind-cold. If it is more of a wind-heat condition, it can be used together with Bo He, Huang Qin, and Ye Ju Hua.
3. Cold phlegm cough and asthma
Goose Does Not Eat Grass can also resolve phlegm, stop coughing, and relieve asthma. Because of its pungent and warm nature, it is more suitable for treating coughs with excessive phlegm caused by cold phlegm. It can be combined with Ma Huang, Xin Xing, and Bai Bu.
4. Sores and boils
Goose Does Not Eat Grass can also detoxify and reduce swelling, and is used to treat sores and boils. In "Binhu Ji Jianfang," it is used with crushed pangolin and Chinese angelica, mixed with wine, and taken as a juice. The residue is applied to the affected area. In "Quanzhou Materia Medica," it is used as fresh crushed herb applied topically to treat snakebites and swelling and pain.
[Prescriptions and Applications]
1. Treatment of stroke with loss of consciousness: Grind fresh Goose Does Not Eat Grass into small pills and plug them into the nose. Or grind dried Goose Does Not Eat Grass into powder and blow it into the nose.
2. Treatment of injuries: Take 30g of fresh Goose Does Not Eat Grass, 120g of lean pork, and an appropriate amount of rice wine. Stew and consume the meat and drink the soup; Take 30g of fresh Goose Does Not Eat Grass, beat and stew with wine, add sugar, and take orally. Use the residue to apply to the injured area; Take 30g of fresh Goose Does Not Eat Grass, add field crab (or land crab), beat and stew with wine, and take orally.
3. Treatment of arthritis: Take 30g of fresh Goose Does Not Eat Grass, 120g of lean pork, and an appropriate amount of wine. Stew and consume the meat and drink the soup.
4. Treatment of cold with nasal congestion: Take 15g of Goose Does Not Eat Grass, 5 scallions, decoct with water, and take orally.
5. Treatment of malnutrition in children: Take 10g of fresh Goose Does Not Eat Grass, beat it into a paste, and cook it in a chicken egg.
6. Treatment of abdominal pain and vomiting and diarrhea: Take 30g of Goose Does Not Eat Grass, beat it into juice, and drink it with warm water.
7. Treatment of conjunctivitis: Take 10-15g of fresh Goose Does Not Eat Grass and wild chrysanthemum, decoct with water, and add sugar for flavor.
8. Treatment of blurred spots on the eyes: Rub Goose Does Not Eat Grass with salt and plug it into the nostril on the opposite side of the affected eye.
9. Treatment of chronic rhinitis: Grind Goose Does Not Eat Grass into paste and plug it into the nostril. Take 15-30g of raw Goose Does Not Eat Grass, or 10-15g of dried Goose Does Not Eat Grass. Use an appropriate amount externally.
[Precautions]
People with a constitution of heat disease, yin deficiency, or internal heat, as well as those who have had excessive bleeding or pregnant women should not take it.
[Opinions from Experts]
1. "Gangmu": "Goose Does Not Eat Grass can reach the head and treat headaches and eye diseases, clear nasal congestion, and remove nasal polyps; it can reach the lung meridian and treat sore throat, phlegm and malaria, and resolve abscesses and swelling. Its ability to remove turbidity is particularly remarkable. According to Ni Weide's "Yuanji Qiwu Ji," treating turbidity in the eyes and twitching of the nose, the combination of Bixuan San, Goose Does Not Eat Grass, Qingdai to remove heat, and Chuanxiong to break stagnation and remove evil as an assistant, can help the medicine penetrate and ensure that evil toxins have a way out. However, its power is small but sharp, so it should be used frequently to gather its power. It can be used for all eye diseases and has a miraculous effect when applied externally."
2. "Bencao Huiyan": "Shihu Cilantro can benefit the nine orifices and clear nasal congestion. It is a medicine that can clear the nasal passage and reach the head. It has a pungent and warm taste and a pungent and hot nature. It can rise and disperse, open the lung meridian, and reach the head. Therefore, it is mainly used to treat nasal congestion, nasal polyps, swelling and stuffiness, and other conditions caused by head cold, as well as various diseases caused by head wind and headache. It achieves the effect through its pungent, warm, rising, and dispersing properties."
