Pucao root, as a traditional Chinese medicine, has many medicinal effects. Let's explore the effects and the original plant morphology of Pucao root together!
【Properties and Channels】 Pucao root has a mild and slightly bitter taste, and its nature is cool. It belongs to the stomach, bladder, and kidney channels.
【Medicinal Effects of Pucao Root】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Pucao root has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, and detoxifying. It is mainly used for conditions such as hot dysuria, difficult urination, abnormal vaginal discharge, and swollen and painful gums.
1. "Common Medicinal Herbs in Sichuan": "Clears heat, promotes urination. Used for toothache due to heat, dysuria, and abnormal vaginal discharge."
2. "Sichuan Medicinal Herb Chronicles" 1982 edition: "Pucao root is used for hot dysuria and difficult urination."
【Introduction of Pucao Root】
Pucao root, also known as Xicao root and Mangcao, is the root of the plant Eleocharis dulcis. It has a mild and slightly bitter taste, and its nature is cool. It belongs to the stomach, bladder, and kidney channels.
The rootstock of Pucao root is thick and short, with long fine rootlets. The stems are clustered, relatively thick and strong, and sharply triangular in shape. The base has 2 leaf sheaths but no leaf blades.
Pucao root grows in ditches, ponds, lakesides, and grasslands along rivers. It is widely distributed throughout the country except for Xinjiang and Tibet.
Wild Pucao root cannot be consumed directly and needs to be processed before use.
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