Chinese medicinal herb Baogaicao, often grows mixed with various weeds in agricultural fields, so many farmers treat it as a weed and remove it. However, Baogaicao actually has high medicinal value, not only can reduce swelling and alleviate pain, but also can treat various diseases. Let's learn about the cultivation methods of Baogaicao!
Introduction of Baogaicao!
Alias: Jiegucao [Kunming], Lazhuqiancao, Liantaixiakucao, Fozuocao, Denglongcao
Source: The whole herb of Lamium amplexicaule L., a plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is harvested in spring and summer, cleaned, and used fresh or dried.
Taste: Spicy, bitter, neutral.
Functions: Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; detoxify and reduce swelling. It is used to treat injuries, bone fractures, sprains, redness and swelling, toxic sores, paralysis, hemiplegia, hypertension, pediatric liver heat, and cerebral leakage.
Dosage: 3-5 qian. For external use, use an appropriate amount, crush and apply as a poultice, or grind into powder and sprinkle on the affected area.
Cultivation methods of Baogaicao!
Baogaicao grows on roadsides, edges of forests, swamp grasslands, and houses, or as weeds in fields, with an altitude of up to 4000 meters. It is widely distributed in Europe and Asia.
The whole herb of Baogaicao is used as medicine. According to the "Dian Nan Ben Cao", it is used to treat fractures, sprains, redness and swelling from injuries, toxic sores, paralysis, hemiplegia, hypertension, pediatric liver heat, and cerebral leakage.
Baogaicao is considered a weed, so its breeding mechanism has been studied in the literature. It is found that most weeds have a breeding mechanism of self-pollination.
Most of the seeds of Baogaicao are produced by self-pollination, but a small part is the product of cross-pollination. Self-pollination may be important for plants to ensure reproduction when they explore new settlement environments.
On the other hand, cross-pollination will lead to genetic recombination, making the offspring have a more diverse genotype, which plays a very important role for the offspring of plants to adapt to different environments.
Therefore, the combination of cross-pollination and self-pollination may be the main factor that makes Baogaicao a successful weed.
Compound of Baogaicao!
①Treatment for falls from heights, fractures, and tendon injuries: Two liang of Jiegucao, one liang of Zige root (filed), one liang of Shihu (root filed), one or two liang of Baji, one liang of Xuduan, one liang of Awei (wrapped with flour, cooked flour is the standard). Apply the medicine, crush it into coarse powder. Regardless of the time, take two qian with warm wine. ("Sheng Hui Fang" Jiegucao San)
②Treatment for bruises, foot injuries, redness and swelling that cannot walk on the ground: Jiegucao, Zhumaroot, Dajizhi. Crush them with egg white and honey, apply to the affected area, change it once overnight. If the pain persists for a long time, add onion and ginger for another application.
③Treatment for phlegm and fire, redness and swelling, and pain in hands and feet: Five qian of Jiegucao, two qian of chicken foot thorn root, two qian of Tu Huanglian. Crush them together, burn with wine, apply to the affected area three times. After the swelling subsides and the pain stops, add Cang'er, Baizhi, and Chuanxiong, remove Tu Huanglian and chicken foot thorn root, cook with water and wine, take three times.
④Treatment for lumps on women's legs, resembling peaches and plums, redness, swelling, and hardening: Three qian of Jiegucao. Boil with water, drink with water and wine. If it recurs, add Weilingxian, Fangfeng, and Huzhangcao, take three times. (The following formulas are from "Dian Nan Ben Cao")
⑤Treatment for tuberculous lymph nodes: 1) One or two liang of fresh Baogaicao seedlings, two eggs, stir-fry and eat together. 2) Two to three liang of Baogaicao, two to three eggs. Boil together, remove the shells after the eggs are cooked, continue to boil for half an hour, eat the eggs and drink the soup. 3) Two liang of fresh Baogaicao. Crush it and extract the juice, boil the juice and drink it after boiling. Take it once every other day, continuously for three to four times. (Su Yi's "Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine")
⑥Treatment for facial paralysis, hemiplegia: Jiegucao, Fangfeng, Gouteng, Danxing. Boil with water, drink with water and wine, and burn with wine, half a cup each. ("Dian Nan Ben Cao")
