Introduction: A small weed, known as "little yuan treasure grass", has helped many people in life, do you know?
The countryside is full of grass, and what you know is treasure. However, in the countryside, most of the weeds are removed as weeds. In fact, every kind of weed has its own meaning, but many people don't understand it.
For example, we are very familiar with the cow tendon grass, it is a big pest in the eyes of farmers, even with the use of herbicides can not be eliminated. But it is also a valuable herb that has a great effect on rheumatoid arthritis.
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Today I share with you a very small weed, it has small yellow flowers, the leaves look very similar to the yuanbao grass, but smaller than the yuanbao grass, so it is called "small yuanbao grass". In fact, its scientific name is Tian Ji Huang.
Because it often grows on the edge of the field base, and the flowers are yellow, it is named tianji yellow, also known as vanilla, finch tongue grass, inch golden grass and other aliases. In folklore, it also has a more interesting alias called seven-inch gold.
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Why is it called seven inches of gold? This is because it is not tall, the plant is not more than seven inches tall, only about 4 to 45 centimeters, so everyone likes to call it seven inches of gold.
It is an annual herb of the hypericum genus of the Garcinia cambogia family, with sessile leaves, small leaves, verdant green in color, flowers are also very small, it has small yellow flowers, a small weed, growing on the side of the road looks inconspicuous.
Although the seven-inch gold grows extremely small and looks unremarkable, in fact, it is a high-value herb that has helped many people in life and is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine.
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Its medicinal whole herb has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, dispersing stasis and swelling, and is effective for acute and chronic hepatitis, early cirrhosis, tonsillitis, appendicitis, Japanese encephalitis, hot and humid jaundice, dysentery, diarrhea, intestinal carbuncle, carbuncle venom, mastitis, red and swollen pain, bruises, shingles, venomous snake bites and other diseases.
Seven-inch gold is a commonly used hepatitis medicine in the folk, so it is called "liver protection grass" in the folk and is deeply loved by the people. Every year, during the season when seven inches of gold is growing vigorously, many elderly people will pick some seven inches of gold in the field and dry it and save it, and occasionally use it to boil water to drink, which has the effect of protecting the liver and protecting the liver.
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It is precisely because seven inch gold has so many effects, so many people go to collect, due to more and more people collecting, coupled with the abuse of herbicides, environmental damage, now the wild seven inch gold is less and less.
Friends, do you have this kind of seven-inch gold in your hometown? It grows very small, known as "small gold dollar treasure", life has helped many people, it is precious, but unfortunately now rare, if you are lucky enough to meet in your hometown, please pay attention to it in time.