Xianhe grass is a wild herbaceous plant. It has good effects in sterilization, stopping bleeding, and nourishing deficiency to relieve cough. However, medicine itself is toxic to some extent. When using it, we must pay attention to the dosage and usage. Let's understand the efficacy and function of Xianhe grass together!
Is Xianhe grass toxic?
Xianhe grass has been used in medical treatments because of its insecticidal, hemostatic, diaphoretic, and hemorrhoid healing effects.
However, real medical cases have shown that Xianhe grass is toxic. After various scientific research, it has been found that patients were poisoned by Xianhe grass because of the incorrect dosage. They may have wanted to cure their illness quickly, so they increased the dosage.
Similar cases have also been recorded in ancient medical books, where excessive use of Xianhe grass led to poisoning.
In fact, we often hear the saying "medicine is three parts poison" in our daily lives. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that even if its medicinal effect is good and powerful, it should not be used in excessive amounts.
Xianhe grass itself is non-toxic, but due to incorrect dosage, it can cause harm to the body instead of curing diseases during the treatment process.
Efficacy and function of Xianhe grass
It is well known that Xianhe grass has the function of stopping bleeding, but it also needs to be used in accordance with the specific condition. Its medicinal property is mild, and satisfactory results can only be obtained by identifying the cold, heat, deficiency, and excess of the disease and combining it with other drugs.
In clinical practice in the field of otolaryngology, Xianhe grass is often combined with Hanlian grass to treat epistaxis caused by lung meridian heat or liver fire. Xianhe grass has astringent and firm properties and should not be used alone to prevent blood stasis.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "stagnant blood after bleeding is blood stasis." After bleeding, there is often blood stasis. Therefore, when using Xianhe grass to stop bleeding, appropriate blood-activating herbs such as madder, bloodstub, raw rehmannia, salvia, and moutan are added to prevent blood stasis.
Xianhe grass also has the function of nourishing deficiency and firming up. For bleeding patients who have "qi loss with blood discharge", Xianhe grass not only stops bleeding but also nourishes deficiency, which produces better results.
Xianhe grass is effective in treating persistent cough, lack of energy, weariness, and features spasmodic cough, coughing when throat is itchy, and lingering cough caused by throat diseases.
Preparation of Xianhe grass
1. Xianhe grass porridge
Recipe: 20g Xianhe grass, 10g Sanqi powder, 250g glutinous rice.
Method: Cook glutinous rice with water to make porridge, then add Xianhe grass and Sanqi powder, and cook for 20 minutes. Take an appropriate amount twice a day. A course of treatment consists of continuous use for 5 days.
Efficacy: Nourishing blood and invigorating the middle, stopping bleeding and relieving inflammation.
2. Xianhe grass tea
Recipe: 60g Xianhe grass, 50g shepherd's purse, 6g tea leaves.
Method: Boil the three ingredients together and drink once a day as needed.
Efficacy: Stops bleeding, suitable for excessive menstruation and metrorrhagia.
