Pig bristle grass is the whole plant of the ferns Polypodiaceae and Dryopteridaceae. It is a common Chinese medicinal herb that can be used to treat various diseases. Here are several ways to use pig bristle grass with good medicinal effects!
【Medicinal effects of pig bristle grass】
1. Clearing heat and resolving phlegm
Used for lung heat cough and hemoptysis. To treat lung heat hemoptysis, it can be combined with red oat grass and three-horse wind. To treat lung heat cough, it can be combined with Scutellaria baicalensis, Houttuynia cordata, and apricot kernel.
Pig bristle grass can be used to treat lung heat cough and improve cough with phlegm.
2. Dispelling wind and promoting diuresis
Used for rheumatic joint pain, it can be soaked in wine and taken. Used for childhood urinary stones, it can be combined with Equisetum arvense. Used for hot urinary blood, it can be combined with cinnabar and iron wire. Used for urinary tract infections and stones, it can be decocted alone.
Pig bristle grass can be used to treat urinary system diseases and promote diuresis and detoxification.
Each herb has different effects on different diseases. Do you know what pig bristle grass is? It is a Chinese medicinal herb that can treat diseases. The whole plant can be used as medicine to treat diseases. It can clear heat, detoxify, resolve phlegm, and dispel wind. It can also promote diuresis. Let's take a look at the medicinal effects of pig bristle grass.
【Cultivation methods of pig bristle grass】
1. Sufficient moisture
Generally, the soil should be kept moist, and during the period of its growth, sufficient moisture should be maintained. In addition, the air humidity should be increased during dry weather.
2. Suitable temperature
Pig bristle grass does not have strict temperature requirements. Generally, the indoor temperature should be above 5 degrees Celsius in winter, and it should be placed in a cool and ventilated place at around 25 degrees Celsius in summer.
3. Soil requirements
Pig bristle grass generally grows in sandy soil rich in organic matter, but it can also be cultivated with potting soil. Fertilizer should be applied monthly, applied to the roots, and timely repotting and changing soil are important in spring when it needs to grow.
【Compatibility and application of pig bristle grass】
1. For treating influenza fever: 60g pig bristle grass, 30g duckweed, 15g Scutellaria baicalensis, 30g gypsum. Decocted in water. Taken three times a day.
2. For treating lung heat cough and hemoptysis: 30g pig bristle grass, 30g creeping bramble, 30g Houttuynia cordata, 30g white oat root. Decocted in water and taken.
3. For treating urinary system stones: 30g pig bristle grass, 30g Desmodium styracifolium, 30g Lysimachia christinae, 30g Lysimachia nummularia, 30g Celastrus hindsii. Decocted in water. Taken twice a day.
4. For treating urinary stones and urinary blood: 15g pig bristle grass, 15g cinnabar, 15g iron wire. Decocted in water and taken.
5. For treating breast abscess: 12g pig bristle grass, 12g September flower, 30g dandelion. Decocted in water and taken.
