As a traditional Chinese medicine, the root of Pucaroot has many medicinal properties. Let's take a look at the efficacy and original plant morphology of Pucaroot!
【Properties and Channels】 Pucaroot has a mild and slightly bitter taste, and it is cool in nature. It belongs to the stomach, bladder, and kidney channels.
【Efficacy of Pucaroot】
According to traditional Chinese medicine, Pucaroot has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, and detoxification. It is mainly used for hot lin syndrome, urinary retention, excessive vaginal discharge, and swollen and painful gums.
1. "Commonly Used Chinese Medicinal Herbs in Sichuan": "Clears heat, promotes urination. Used to treat toothache, lin syndrome, and excessive vaginal discharge."
2. "Chinese Medicinal Herbs in Sichuan" (1982 edition): "Pucaroot is used for hot lin syndrome and urinary retention."
【Introduction to Pucaroot】
Pucaroot is also known as xicaoroot and mangcao, and it is the root of the plant Juncus effusus. It has a mild and slightly bitter taste, and it is cool in nature. It belongs to the stomach, bladder, and kidney channels.
The root and rhizome of Pucaroot are short and thick, with slender fibrous roots. The stems are clustered, relatively thick and strong, with sharp triangular shape, and there are 2 leaf sheaths at the base without leaf blades.
Pucaroot grows in ditches, ponds, lake shores, and grasslands along rivers. Except for Xinjiang and Tibet, it is widely distributed throughout the country.
Wild Pucaroot cannot be consumed directly and needs to be processed before use.
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【Original Plant Morphology of Pucaroot】
Juncus effusus, also known as three-angled grass, water three-angled grass, silky grass, and triangular observation. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, 60-100cm tall. The root and rhizome are short and thick, with slender fibrous roots. The stems are clustered, relatively thick and strong, with sharp triangular shape, and there are 2 leaf sheaths at the base without leaf blades.
There is 1 bract, an extension of the stem, upright, 3-14cm long. There are 2-9 spikelets, clustered into a head-like shape, falsely lateral, ovoid or elongated oval, 8-16mm long, 4-6mm wide, with numerous flowers;
