Tucao, also known as Daodoucao and Jituncao. The pollen of Tucao contains allergenic substances that can harm human health. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Tucao can be used to treat sprains, muscle contractions, and pain. Now let's learn how to identify the authenticity of Tucao with the help of the editor from the Chinese Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine website.
Will the traditional Chinese medicine Tucao destroy the ecosystem?
Tucao can become a dominant species one year after invading bare land. Due to its strong vitality, it can cover and suppress native plants, causing damage to the original ecosystem and reducing agricultural yields.
It consumes water and nutrients from the soil, causing severe agricultural losses; the spread of Tucao has caused large areas of land to be abandoned, posing a significant threat to the ecological environment.
The potential harm of Tucao is particularly serious in extensive agricultural areas.
Tucao can mix with all dryland crops, especially corn, soybeans, sunflowers, hemp, and flax, as well as cereal crops, causing large-scale crop failure.
How to identify the authenticity of the traditional Chinese medicine Tucao?
1. Appearance
Tucao looks like Artemisia, but the difference is that the back of Artemisia leaves has gray-white short hairs, and the leaves are alternate, while the upper surface of Tucao leaves is dark green and the back is light green, with short rough hairs on both sides.
2. Odor
When you smell Artemisia leaves, you can smell its unique fragrant aroma, while Tucao has a strong odor that is unpleasant.
Distribution in China: Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei.
It is particularly severe in cities such as Shenyang, Tieling, Dandong, Nanjing, Nanchang, and Wuhan, forming the centers of occurrence, spread, and spread in Shenyang-Tieling-Dandong and Nanjing-Wuhan-Nanchang.
