Diding grass belongs to a herbaceous plant with high medicinal value. It is mainly distributed in Gansu, Jiangsu, Shaanxi and other provinces in China. It has the effects of reducing swelling, detoxification, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. It can be used to treat snake bites and other conditions. Now let's learn about the efficacy, function, and cultivation methods of Diding grass.
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[The Efficacy and Function of Diding Grass]
1. Antiviral
Diding grass contains natural medicinal ingredients that can help inhibit virus activity. It can prevent and alleviate viral skin diseases and viral dysentery. Moreover, it can kill pneumonia bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus in the human body, preventing respiratory tract infections.
2. Reduce swelling and detoxify
It has the effect of reducing swelling and detoxification. It can decompose and inhibit hemolytic snake venom. After being bitten by a snake, it can be used to relieve the symptoms. Mix it with realgar to make a paste and apply it to the wound.
3. Prevent cancer
Diding grass is rich in flavonoids, which can accelerate the transformation of lymphocytes and increase the number of antibodies in the body. It can effectively prevent cancer and is also used in the treatment of cancer.
4. Improve immune function
It contains rich plant proteins and various amino acids, which can meet the different nutritional needs of the human body and help improve the function of organs. Regular consumption can enhance the body's immune system.
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[The Medicinal Value of Diding Grass]
1. Treat furuncles and swelling: Crush purple Diding grass and take the juice orally. (From "Qian Jin Fang")
2. Treat boils, ulcers, and various swellings: Harvest purple Diding grass during the hottest days of summer, mix it with white flour, soak it in salt and vinegar overnight, and apply it to the affected area. (From "Sun Tianren Ji Xiao Fang")
3. Treat all kinds of malignant sores: Dry purple Diding grass in the sun, store it in a jar, burn it to produce smoke, and fumigate the sores to make the yellow pus come out and heal. (From "Wei Sheng Yi Jian Fang")
4. Treat mastitis and various toxins: Take eight taels of yellow Diding grass (dandelion) and eight taels of purple Diding grass. Wash them with running water, boil them to extract the juice, remove the residue, and make it into a paste for external application. (From "Hui Zhi Tang Jing Yan Fang")
5. Treat all kinds of suppurative infections and lymph node tuberculosis:
(1) Take five qian of purple Diding grass, dandelion, and half lotus. Decoct and take orally. Use the dregs for external application.
(2) Take two taels of fresh purple Diding grass and wild chrysanthemums. Crush them together and divide into two doses for oral administration. Use the residue for external application.
(3) Take an equal amount of fresh purple Diding grass and fresh hibiscus flowers. Add a little salt and crush them into a paste to apply to the affected area. At the same time, take two to three taels of purple Diding grass, decoct and take orally. (From "Su Yi Zhong Cao Yao Shou Ce")
6. Treat hot intestines, rectal abscess, and bleeding: Take eight to twelve qian of fresh purple Diding grass (five to eight qian of dried), decoct with water to make half a bowl, take it before meals, and take it twice a day. (From "Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")
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[The Cultivation Methods of Diding Grass]
1. Propagation method
Diding grass is propagated by seeds, with about 3-4 kilograms of seeds needed per mu. It is usually intercropped with gramineous plants. After the corn and other gramineous plants are harvested in late summer, lightly hoe the ground between the rows.
Evenly sow the seeds in the rows, use a large hoe to cover the seeds, water them, and keep the bed surface moist. The seeds will germinate in about 30 days.
2. Cultivation techniques
(1) Field management
As Diding grass is a shade-loving plant, water it frequently and strengthen management after germination. When the autumn crops are ripe for harvest, be careful not to bury the Diding seedlings. Water with freezing water before freezing, and apply compost to the bed.
After the thaw in the following spring, crush the manure blocks and level the bed. From Qingming to Guyu, when the new leaves have not yet covered the ground, apply 10-15 kilograms of urea per mu, and water after application. Stop watering after Li Xia to prevent stem and leaf rot and reduce yield.
(2) Major pests and diseases
Around the Jingzhe solar term, when the seedlings turn green, there are often black caterpillars of a certain lepidopteran species that bite the tender shoots of Diding grass, causing significant damage. You can use Bacillus thuringiensis (No. 3 wax moth) 500-1000 times dilution to spray and kill them; or use 2500 grams of fungal powder mixed with 15-25 kilograms of fine soil per mu to make poisoned soil and spread it in the field for killing.
