The Chinese medicinal herb "Didingcao" has powerful effects and is a heat-clearing and detoxifying herb. It is the whole plant of the Papaveraceae plant Diding purple cress. It has strong adaptability and can be grown in clay, loam, and sandy loam soil. Now let's learn about the methods of using Didingcao to treat redness, swelling, and heat pain!
[Methods of using Didingcao to treat redness, swelling, and heat pain]
Didingcao is widely used in clinical practice, especially in the treatment of various boils, abscesses, and conditions with redness, swelling, and heat pain.
Generally, fresh Didingcao can be crushed and taken orally, and the residue can be applied topically to the affected area. It can also be used in combination with honeysuckle, dandelion, and wild chrysanthemum for better results.
Didingcao is also effective in reducing swelling and dispersing nodules. It can be used in combination with Xiahucao, Xuanshen, Beimu, and Muli for conditions such as cervical lymphadenitis and tuberculosis.
Didingcao has good heat-clearing, detoxifying, cooling blood, and reducing swelling effects. It can be used as a natural anti-inflammatory medicine for the treatment of boils, mastitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, jaundice hepatitis, pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, boils, enteritis, and snake bites.
[Medicinal value of Didingcao]
1. Reducing swelling and detoxifying
Didingcao can clear heat, detoxify, and reduce swelling. It has certain effects in relieving high fever and restlessness. It is effective in treating influenza, upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, and mumps.
2. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory
Modern pharmacology has shown that Didingcao can treat bacterial infections such as enteritis, nephritis, hepatitis, acute appendicitis, conjunctivitis, dysentery, and other suppurative infections.
3. Reducing swelling and relieving pain
Didingcao has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain caused by various infections. It can treat conditions such as swelling, abscesses, carbuncles, and boils.
4. Treating snake bites
Fresh Didingcao can be crushed and taken orally, or it can be mashed and applied externally with a little Realgar.
[Cultivation techniques for Didingcao]
(1) Field management
Didingcao is a shade-loving plant, so it needs to be watered frequently and well managed after germination. When the main autumn crops are ripe for harvest, care should be taken not to bury the Diding seedlings. Water should be poured before freezing to cover the field with manure.
After the thaw in the following spring, the dung blocks should be smashed and leveled. From Qingming to Guyu, when the new leaves have not covered the ground, urea should be applied at a rate of 10-15 kg per mu, and water should be poured after application. Stop watering after the beginning of summer to prevent stem and leaf rot and reduce yield.
(2) Main pests and diseases
Around the time of Jingzhe, when the young seedlings turn green again, there is often a black caterpillar of the Lepidoptera order that bites the tender shoots of Didingcao, causing significant damage. It can be sprayed and killed with Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis No. 3) at a concentration of 500-1000 times, or 2500 grams of bacteria powder can be mixed with 15-25 kg of fine soil to form a toxic soil and spread it in the field for poisoning.
