The whole plant of Ditancao can be used as a medicine. It has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood, and promoting diuresis. It has high medicinal value and can treat symptoms such as cold and pharyngitis. Now let's learn about the efficacy and cultivation methods of Ditancao!
【Efficacy and Functions of Ditancao】
1. Treats cough due to lung heat
If you have a cough due to lung heat, with repeated coughing, coughing up yellow phlegm, and symptoms such as dry mouth, sore throat, body heat, red urine, and constipation, you can take 30 grams of Ditancao and 30 grams of Fuzicao (a type of herb) together by decoction.
2. Treats furuncle
If it is caused by infection after scratching a heat rash, or acute purulent inflammation of hair follicles or sebaceous glands, you can take 60 to 120 grams of fresh Ditancao by decoction; then use a small amount of yeast and an appropriate amount of fresh Ditancao, mash them, and apply externally or use the decoction to wash the affected area.
3. Treats acute otitis media
If you have acute otitis media, with ear pain, cold, cough, and upper respiratory infection symptoms, you can use clean and dried fresh Ditancao, mash it and extract the juice, and put it into the ear 3 to 4 times a day.
【Methods of Consuming Ditancao】
Recipe for Ditancao Pork Soup
Ingredients
120 grams of lean pork, 30 grams of Cheqiancao (another type of herb), 30 grams of Zihuadi (another type of herb), 3 grams of salt.
Recommended method
Wash the Ditancao (Cheqiancao) and Zihuadi, chop them into small pieces; wash the lean pork, cut it into pieces; put all the ingredients into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, and simmer for one hour. Season with salt before serving.
Analysis of efficacy
This medicinal food has the function of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can treat cholelithiasis.
【Methods of Cultivating Ditancao】
1. Propagation method
Ditancao commonly grows on open mountain slopes, roadsides, and valley forest edges. It prefers light clay and humus soil. The cultivation site should not be too dry and exposed to strong sunlight. After selecting a site, prepare the soil and apply fertilizer.
2. Propagation by seeds
Ditancao can germinate in about a week at a temperature of around 25 degrees Celsius. After germination, the seedlings prefer a weak light environment and are afraid of strong light. Therefore, shading and sun protection should be done to ensure maturity. At the same time, strengthen seedling management and keep the soil moist to promote seedling growth.
3. Propagation by division
When harvesting in autumn, dig out the underground rhizome of the plant, cut the rhizome into small sections, with 1-2 buds on each section, bury the rhizome, cover with soil, water it to keep the soil moist, and take winter protection measures. The seedlings will emerge in the following spring.
4. Propagation by cuttings
Cuttings are generally carried out during the period of flower bud differentiation in spring. Place the cuttings on a seedbed, with a depth of one or two-thirds of the cuttings. After planting, water it and keep the soil temperature between 18-28 degrees Celsius. After about 20-30 days, the cuttings will root, and the survival rate can reach over 80%.
