Chinese herb Didingcao is distributed in Gansu, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, and other provinces in China. Didingcao can help suppress virus activity in the human body. Today, let's learn about the dietary taboos of Didingcao!
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【Dietary Taboos of Didingcao】
People with weak and cold constitutions should not take it.
Didingcao has several main roots, measuring 3-5 cm in length and 1-3 mm in diameter. The surface is wrinkled and rough, with a soil yellow color, wave-like curves, and root marks.
The above-ground part is dark green to greenish-yellow, with long and twisted leaf stalks. The leaves are extremely wrinkled. After soaking in hot water and spreading out, they appear elongated elliptical or linear-lanceolate, with a layer of hairs.
The flower stem is slender, with three-lobed capsules at the top, containing numerous seeds. The capsules are oval-shaped, light yellow-brown. The texture is brittle and fragile. The smell is slightly foul, and the taste is slightly bitter, astringent, and slightly sticky. The best quality is yellow-green, neat, and free of impurities.
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【Medicinal Effects of Didingcao】
The whole Didingcao plant is used as medicine. It has a bitter taste, cold nature, and a slight toxicity. It belongs to the spleen meridian and heart meridian. The main production areas of this medicinal herb are Liaoning, Guizhou, and Hunan. According to experts, Didingcao has four major effects.
1. Didingcao has the effect of reducing swelling and detoxification.
Didingcao can clear heat, detoxify, and reduce abscesses. It has certain effects on relieving high fever, restlessness, and it is effective for influenza, upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, and mumps.
2. Didingcao has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.
Modern pharmacology shows that Didingcao can treat bacterial infections such as enteritis, nephritis, hepatitis, acute appendicitis, conjunctivitis, dysentery, and other suppurative infections.
3. Didingcao has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain.
Didingcao has the ability to reduce swelling and relieve pain caused by various infections. It can treat swollen abscesses, breast abscesses, ulcers, and boils.
4. Didingcao has the effect of treating snake bites.
Fresh Didingcao can be crushed and taken orally, or mixed with a little realgar powder and applied externally.
