Ditancao, the Chinese herb. It has the effects of clearing heat, cooling blood, detoxifying, and diuresis. It is often used for colds and tonsillitis. How to plant Ditancao? What are the effects of Ditancao?
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Planting method of Ditancao
Choose clay and humus soil, avoid cultivating in dry and sunny areas. After preparing the land, plow and apply farmyard manure.
Seed propagation: The seeds of Ditancao are small, with a weight of about 24 milligrams per thousand seeds, and require a high temperature and moisture environment and light conditions for germination.
Germination begins at around 25 degrees Celsius for 7 days. The seedlings grow slowly during the seedling stage and prefer weak light.
It is difficult to ensure seedling survival in production. It is necessary to cultivate carefully, strengthen management during the seedling stage, keep the seedbed moist, and use reed curtains to shade the seedlings.
Root division propagation: In autumn, dig out the underground roots and rhizomes, being careful not to damage the winter buds. Cut the rhizomes into sections with three or more nodes, bury them in the soil along with the roots, cover with soil, keep the soil moist, and they will grow into new plants in the second year.
Stem cutting propagation: Cut branches from mature plants before flower bud differentiation, with every three nodes as a cutting, remove the lower leaves, insert the cuttings into the prepared cutting bed, immediately water them, and the roots will form in about 3 weeks at a soil temperature of 18-28 degrees Celsius, with a survival rate of about 80%.
Effects and functions of Ditancao
1. Ditancao treats lung heat cough.
If suffering from lung heat cough, with repeated coughing, yellow phlegm, and symptoms such as dry mouth, sore throat, body heat, red urine, and constipation;
You can use 30 grams of Ditancao and 30 grams of lungxincao to decoct and take with water.
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2. Ditancao treats ulcers and abscesses.
If it is ulcers and abscesses caused by scratching and infection after prickly heat, acute purulent inflammation of the skin hair follicles or sebaceous glands, you can use 60 to 120 grams of fresh Ditancao, decoct and take with water;
Then use a small amount of lees and an appropriate amount of fresh Ditancao, crush them and apply externally or decoct them for external washing.
3. Ditancao treats jaundice-type hepatitis.
If suffering from jaundice-type hepatitis, feeling weak, nauseous, aversion to greasy food, with yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, appearing pale yellow to golden yellow.
You can use 60 grams of whole Ditancao, decoct and take with water.
4. Ditancao treats acute otitis media.
If suffering from acute otitis media, feeling ear pain, with symptoms of cold, cough, and upper respiratory tract infection;
You can clean and dry the whole Ditancao, crush it and extract the juice, then put a few drops into the ear 3 to 4 times a day.
Precautions for using Ditancao
1. Pregnant women should use with caution.
2. "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine Records": "Do not use for cold syndrome."
3. "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "For detoxification, use cooked eggs with brown sugar."
