Xianhe grass is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb that can stop bleeding and reduce swelling. It has the effects of stopping bleeding, promoting digestion, lubricating the intestines, stopping diarrhea, and killing parasites. Can Xianhe grass be brewed and consumed as a drink? What are its effects and functions?
Can Xianhe grass be brewed and consumed as a drink?
Xianhe grass has the effects of stopping bleeding, promoting digestion, lubricating the intestines, stopping diarrhea, and killing parasites. Drinking it directly by brewing it in water has the same effect as decocting it in water. Soaking 3 spoons of dried Xianhe grass in hot water for 10-15 minutes and drinking it as tea can improve diarrhea. Using the cooled soaking liquid to wipe the skin can reduce skin irritation, and using the warm soaking liquid to rinse the mouth can alleviate oral irritation and sore throat.
Xianhe grass can strengthen the body, nourish deficiency, and has good therapeutic effects on fatigue, weakness, pale complexion, deficiency of qi with spontaneous sweating, palpitations, and other symptoms, hence the name "tuo li cao" (grass for fatigue). In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, Xianhe grass is often cooked with red dates to nourish qi and blood and treat fatigue.
Methods of consuming Xianhe grass
Xianhe grass porridge:
Ingredients: 20g Xianhe grass, 10g Sanqi powder, 250g glutinous rice.
Method: Cook the glutinous rice with an appropriate amount of water to make porridge, then add Xianhe grass and Sanqi powder, and cook for another 20 minutes.
Usage: Take an appropriate amount of it twice a day. Continuous intake for 5 days is considered one course of treatment.
Effects: Nourishes blood, strengthens the spleen, stops bleeding, and reduces inflammation.
Precautions for consuming Xianhe grass
1. It should not be used if there is no excessive bleeding.
2. Allergic reactions: Symptoms include chest tightness, shortness of breath, palpitations, restlessness, dizziness, profuse sweating, pale complexion, cold limbs, shivering, and decreased blood pressure. Severe cases may also include dizziness, flushed face, profuse sweating. Toxic optic neuritis can cause blindness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, flushed face, and decreased blood pressure.
Xianhe grass is a powerful astringent and hemostatic agent with effects such as strengthening the heart, raising blood pressure, promoting blood clotting, stopping bleeding, cooling the blood, and antibacterial. Xianhe grass does not have the effect of lowering blood sugar, so it is not recommended to be used solely for blood sugar reduction.
