Diding grass has high medicinal value. It not only clears heat and detoxifies, but also prevents cancer and has good analgesic effects. Diding grass has a wide range of uses and can be used in combination with various Chinese herbal medicines. Let's learn about the efficacy and functions of Diding grass!
【The Efficacy and Functions of Diding Grass】
1. Reducing swelling and detoxification
Diding grass has a good decomposing and inhibiting effect on hemolytic snake venom. After being bitten by a venomous snake, it can be treated in a timely manner by applying fresh Diding grass mixed with a small amount of realgar directly to the affected area.
2. Antiviral
Diding grass contains various natural medicinal ingredients, and its antiviral ability is particularly strong. It can inhibit the activity of various viruses in the human body and has a good preventive and alleviating effect on viral skin diseases and viral dysentery.
3. Preventing cancer
Diding grass is a natural anti-cancer food. It contains a large amount of flavonoids, which can accelerate the transformation of lymphocytes in the body and increase the number of globulins, thus exhibiting a significant anti-cancer effect and reducing the incidence of cancer.
【Recommended Uses of Diding Grass】
1. For various boils and carbuncles with redness, swelling, and pain, fresh Diding grass can be used alone by grinding it into juice and applying the residue to the affected area. It can also be used in combination with honeysuckle, dandelion, and wild chrysanthemum.
2. For those with deficiency of qi and blood, Diding grass can be combined with Chinese angelica and astragalus. For those with condensation of damp heat and high swelling pain in bone carbuncles, it can be used with Poria cocos, plantago seed, honeysuckle, and achyranthes bidentata to promote dampness and clear heat.
3. For patients with cervical lymphadenitis, it can be combined with Prunella vulgaris, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Fritillaria thunbergii, and Ostrea gigas to disperse stagnation and reduce swelling.
4. Soaking dried Diding grass in water can have a cooling and detoxifying effect, but the effectiveness of the medicine would be incomplete compared to decocting it.
5. It is more effective to soak Diding grass with honeysuckle or dandelion. Combining them enhances the effectiveness of the medicine, in addition to clearing heat and detoxifying, it can also relieve gum swelling and sore throat.
【Prescriptions and Applications of Diding Grass】
In addition to the above medicinal effects, Diding grass also has excellent edible effects. People can use fresh Diding grass as a vegetable in their daily diet, which can absorb abundant plant protein, soluble sugars, and various amino acids.
Diding grass is commonly used for the treatment of carbuncles and boils, especially for those on the head, face, and back. It can be used in combination with dandelion, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, etc., in a prescription called "Five Flavors Disinfectant Drink".
Dosage: 9-15g in compound prescriptions, 30-60g in single prescriptions.
Prescription example: "Five Flavors Disinfectant Drink" from "Yi Zong Jin Jian": 15g Diding grass, 15g dandelion, 15g honeysuckle, 9g wild chrysanthemum, 9g Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii. Decoct in water and take it. It is better to drink it with a spoon of ginger white wine.
Contraindications: Avoid taking it for patients with diffuse swelling without a head and those with deficiency-cold in the spleen and stomach. People with deficiency-cold constitution should avoid taking Diding grass.
