For those with an adventurous spirit, it is necessary to have some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine. Today, we bring you a very practical medicinal herb called Bamboo Knotgrass, along with pictures to help you understand it!
[Bamboo Knotgrass can quickly stop bleeding]
In outdoor survival, injuries are inevitable. If someone is familiar with this Chinese medicine, it can be very useful.
The prerequisite, of course, is that you have to be familiar with this Chinese medicine. Once found, chew it into pieces and apply it to the wound to stop bleeding quickly.
[Where Bamboo Knotgrass usually grows]
It is a sprawling herbaceous plant. The stem lies on the ground with roots growing on the nodes, or it may grow as a semi-climbing plant.
Bamboo Knotgrass with roots
The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, or ovate in the lower part, with a length of 3-6 cm and a width of 1-1.5 cm. The apex is acute or slightly obtuse, and the base is sheath-like with rough edges. The sheaths often have red spots, and the sheath mouths have white, uneven eyelashes.
The bracts have stalks, are ovate-lanceolate, folded, with a length of 1.5-3 cm, gradually tapering at the tip, and not connected at the base, round or loosely heart-shaped.
They are covered with short, soft hairs or nearly hairless, with inconspicuous veins and a stalk length of 1.5-4 cm.
Bamboo Knotgrass picture
There are two flowers in each bract. Generally, there are 1-3 flowers in the lower part that do not bear fruit, and 1-2 flowers in the upper part that bear fruit. The sepals are membranous, lanceolate; the petals are blue, membranous, with one larger petal on a stalk; there are 3 developing stamens and 3 degenerate stamens; the ovary is oblong-ovoid, 3-celled, and the style is filiform.
The capsule is 3-celled. The seeds are black, with reticulate patterns and deep pits. The flowering period is from July to November.
Bamboo Knotgrass flowers
It grows in the shade of forests along streams at altitudes of 200-2300m.
It is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet.
[Bamboo Knotgrass functions and indications]
It clears heat, detoxifies, diureses, reduces swelling, and stops bleeding. It is used for treating dysentery, leukorrhea, difficulty urinating, cancerous tumors, swollen throat, and external bleeding.
1. "Essential Knowledge of Medicinal Plants": "It is white and turbid, dissipates heat, and detoxifies. It stimulates urination."
2. "Record of Medicinal Plants in Lingnan": "The rhizome is pounded and applied to ulcers and abscesses."
3. "National Compilation of Chinese Medicinal Herbs": "It clears heat, detoxifies, promotes bowel movements, reduces swelling, and stops bleeding. It is used for acute pharyngitis, dysentery, difficulty urinating, and external bleeding."
4. "Compilation of Ethnic Medicinal Herbs in Guangxi": "The stem can be used to induce labor."
