Throat grass has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can also be used to treat diseases such as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and stomatitis. Do you recognize the picture of throat grass?
Picture of throat grass
【The detoxifying effect of throat grass】
Throat grass also has the effect of detoxification, and is often used in folk medicine to treat snake bites. Fresh fruit juice can be applied to the eyes to treat eye heat and remove eye haze. It also has certain therapeutic effects on treating migraines and toothaches.
Throat grass has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. It has good therapeutic effects on treating diseases such as tonsillitis, pharyngitis, stomatitis, acute conjunctivitis, and bruises.
【Plant morphology of throat grass】
Throat grass is an annual herb, 8-15 cm tall, and covered with white fine hairs.
The leaves grow in clusters from the roots and spread on the ground like a lotus seat, with slender petioles;
The leaf blades are nearly circular, about 15 mm in diameter, slightly heart-shaped at the base, with rounded toothed edges, green on the upper surface, and sometimes partially purple-red.
The flower stems emerge from the leaf clusters, 3-7 branches, with small umbels at the top arranged in an umbel-shaped inflorescence;
The calyx is green, deeply divided into 5 lobes, ovate in shape, persistent; the corolla is white, with the lower part fused into a short tube shape and the upper part divided into 5 lobes that spread outward; there are 5 stamens; the ovary is spherical, with inconspicuous styles.
The capsule is spherical, 2-3 mm in diameter, and splits into 5 lobes when mature. The seeds are numerous, small, and brown. The flowering period is in April and the fruiting period is in May.
