Chu zong cao is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb known for its heat-clearing and detoxifying properties. It can be used to treat symptoms of colds, coughs, dysentery, and burns. Let's take a look at the efficacy, effects, and cultivation methods of chu zong cao.
[The Efficacy and Effects of Chu Zong Cao]
1. Heat-clearing and phlegm resolving
Used for hot coughs and hemoptysis. It can be used together with red maohao grass and sanpi feng to treat hot hemoptysis. It can also be used with scutellaria baicalensis, fishy-smelling herb, and almond to treat hot coughs.
Chu zong cao can help improve coughing and phlegm symptoms associated with lung heat.
2. Dispelling wind and alleviating pain
Used for rheumatic joint pain. It can be soaked in wine and consumed.
3. Diuretic and diuretic
Used for hot and bloody urine, urinary tract infections, and urinary stones. It can be used with gujing grass to treat urinary stones. It can be used with haijinsha and tiesiniu to treat hot and bloody urine. It can be used alone for urinary tract infections and stones by decoction.
[The Cultivation Methods of Chu Zong Cao]
1. Adequate moisture
Chu zong cao generally requires moist soil. It is important to keep the soil moist during its growth period and increase air humidity in dry weather.
2. Suitable temperature
Chu zong cao is not very demanding for temperature, but attention should be paid to high temperatures in summer and low temperatures in winter. In general, the temperature should be maintained above 5 degrees Celsius in winter and around 25 degrees Celsius in shady and well-ventilated areas in summer.
3. Soil requirements
The soil should not be too poor in fertility. Chu zong cao generally grows in sandy soil rich in humus, but it can also be cultivated using potting soil. Fertilization should be applied every month, targeting the roots, and repotting and changing soil should be done in a timely manner.
[The Complementary Applications of Chu Zong Cao]
1. Treatment of hot hemoptysis: Chu zong cao, red maohao grass, sanpi feng. Decoction for consumption. (Sichuan Materia Medica)
2. Treatment of rheumatic joint pain: Fresh tiesincao one liang, soaked in one jin of wine. Drink one small cup (about two liang) warm. (Quanzhou Materia Medica)
3. Treatment of pediatric urinary stones: Chu zong cao two qian, gujing grass three qian. Decoction for consumption. (Guizhou Folk Medicine)
4. Treatment of hot and bloody urine: Chu zong cao, haijinsha, tiesiniu, each five qian. Decoction for consumption. (Guizhou Folk Medicine)
5. Treatment of urinary tract infections and stones: Chu zong cao three to five qian. Decoction for consumption. (Yunnan Selected Chinese Herbal Medicine)
6. Treatment of skin itching, boils, and eczema: Fresh tiesincao two liang, decoction for washing. (Quanzhou Materia Medica)
7. Treatment of mastitis and poor milk flow: Chu zong cao three to five qian. Decoction for consumption, sweet wine as an adjuvant. (Yunnan Selected Chinese Herbal Medicine)
