Chinese herbal medicine "Dujiaogan", an annual herb, grows in grasslands on plains and hills, often parasitic on the roots of other plants. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian, and other places. It can treat infantile malnutrition, but what other effects does it have?
【Chinese herbal medicine "Dujiaogan" treats infantile malnutrition】
Treatment for infantile malnutrition: Dujiaojin dry herb, iron broom cut leaves, three to five qian each. Decoction and take orally. ("Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Dujiaogan has the effects of invigorating the spleen and eliminating accumulation, clearing heat, and killing parasites. It is mainly used to treat infantile malnutrition, glandular swelling, night blindness, summer heat, diarrhea, and hepatitis.
1. "Essential Guide to the Nature of Medicinal Herbs": It can eliminate infantile yellow qi and intestinal parasites.
2. "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can eliminate glandular swelling and accumulated toxins.
3. "Illustrated Handbook of Wild Medicinal Plants": It is used to treat liver fluke disease.
4. "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine Annals": It can relieve fever and thirst, aid digestion, and treat glandular swelling and loss of appetite.
5. "Guangdong Chinese Herbal Medicine": It can eliminate accumulation, clear liver heat, treat infantile malnutrition with emaciation, irritability, restless sleep, teeth grinding, frequent fever, and irregular bowel movements.
6. "Hunan Materia Medica": It can expel parasites, eliminate accumulation, and relieve fever. It is used for infantile malnutrition, summer heat, diarrhea, and jaundice hepatitis.
7. "Guizhou Chinese Herbal Medicine": It can moisten the lungs, stop coughing, and treat itchy throat and cough.
8. "Commonly Used Chinese Medicinal Herbs in Sichuan": It can clear heart fire, relieve fever and toxins. It is used to treat infantile malnutrition, red urine, and dry and hot bowel movements.
9. "Fujian Materia Medica Annals": It can calm liver heat, treat indigestion, loss of appetite, pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, night blindness, and snakebite.
【Identification of Dujiaogan】
Characteristics:
Dry whole herb, color is yellowish-brown or greenish-brown, thin stem covered with grayish-white rough hair. Leaves are linear or lanceolate, with most of them shedding. Sparse spike-like inflorescences are located above the middle part, except for a few plants that have not yet produced flowers but have withered corollas, most of them have already shed. Calyx is tubular, capsule is blackish-brown, hidden in the calyx tube, the pistil remains, and the seeds are small and yellow-brown. It is best to choose intact plants with green color and no mud or sand impurities.
There are 4 stamens, hidden, with 1-chambered anthers; 1 pistil, slender style, and club-shaped tip. The capsule is nearly spherical or elongated, dehiscent, with many seeds. Flowering period is in July, and fruiting period is in August to September.
Distribution of Dujiaogan:
It grows in grasslands on plains and hills, often parasitic on the roots of other plants. It is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Fujian, and other places. It is produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, and other places.
【Methods of consuming Dujiaogan】
Dujiaogan and carp soup
Ingredients:
Prepare 10-15 grams of Dujiaogan, about 200 grams of carp, and a little ginger.
Method:
Wash the Dujiaogan and carp, put them in a pot with 1000 milliliters of water, bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat until it reduces to 300 milliliters. Add salt to taste, drink the soup and eat the fish once a day, continuously for 7-10 days.
Efficacy and Indications:
Dujiaogan carp soup can invigorate the spleen, nourish the stomach, and promote digestion. There are no major contraindications for this soup. It can be used by people with thick greasy tongue coating, weak patients, and patients with stagnant qi.
