Introduction: A leaf has two colors, the old man is called "bone grass", the root value is high, if you meet remember to take home
In the countryside, there are wild plants everywhere, and these plants have their own characteristics. There are plantains whose leaves look like pig bones, verbena whose seeds look like horse whips, and white-flowered snake tongue grass whose leaves look like snake tongues, etc., and many plants are named after their own characteristics.
The plant that I share with you today, it is also named after its own characteristics, its stem is purple-red, there are nodules on the stem, this nodule is obviously expanded, it looks like a cow's knee, and its root is red, so it is named Red Ox Knee.
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Red Ox Knee, also known as Du Ox Knee, Huai Ox Knee, Hundred Times, Cow Cap Knee, Cow Stem and other aliases, it is a perennial herb of the Amaranth family Ox knee genus, mostly growing on roadsides, hillsides, wasteland, mountains, grasslands and other places, is a rare wild plant in rural areas.
Not only is the root of the Red Bull's knee red, but the back of its leaves is also red, while the front of the leaf is green, and one leaf has two colors, which is very peculiar.
In the folk, there is also a kind of cow knee and red cow knee is very similar, on the surface the leaves are green, and the red cow knee is different from its back leaves are also green, and the dug out root is white, so it is called white cow knee, which is the difference between the two plants, very easy to identify.
As we all know, Red Bull Knee is a valuable Chinese herbal medicine, its medicinal roots, with liver and kidney, strong muscles and bones, diuretic drainage, blood induction effect, can be used for waist and knee leg pain, limb cramps, dysentery, urinary unfavorable, gonorrhea, menstrual irregularities, menstrual amenorrhea, urine and blood, dystocia, no clothes, carbuncles, bruises and other diseases have curative effect.
Red Bull Knee is a very wide range of Chinese herbal medicines, whether it is good for men or women, and the effect is remarkable, so there is a saying of "men's engine, women's gas station".
At the same time, Red Bull Knee also has a very good strong muscle and bone effect, so it is called "bone grass" by the elderly, and the elderly often use its roots to boil soup to drink, which is helpful for the elderly's waist and knee bone pain, limb cramps, weakness of hands and feet, low back pain and other symptoms.
I didn't expect the value of this Red Bull Knee to be so high, compared to another kind of White Ox Knee, although the two plants are similar and have similar effects, the medicinal effect of Red Bull Knee is higher.
Friends, do you have this red bull knee in your hometown? It has two colors on one leaf, the old man called "bone grass", the root value is high, if you meet in your hometown, remember to dig and take it home.