Introduction: The common "verbena" on the side of the road, it turns out that it has so many effects and has helped many people in the past
In rural areas, there are many wild plants that grow, some of which you know and some of which you don't know, and even if you grow in the countryside, there are many plants that can't be named, and there are many plants that don't know the purpose.
Of course, there are also many plants that are very familiar to everyone, such as ghost needle grass, dog liver grass, a little red, houttuynia cordata, plantain, motherwort, wormwood, xihuang grass, etc., the value of these plants is very high, in the past helped many people, and is still loved by the people.
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The plant that I share with you today is also a plant of high value, but many people do not know it. Because its apex inflorescence is very slender and looks exactly like the ancient horse whip on horseback, the ancients named it verbena.
Verbena, also known as iron whip, earth whip, whip, swallowtail, malaria whip, dragonfly grass, phoenix-necked grass and other aliases, is a perennial upright herb of the verbena family Verbena.
It is mostly found on roadsides, grasslands, near houses, hillsides and other places, especially on roadsides, and is distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan and other regions of the mainland.
Speaking of verbena, I believe that friends in the countryside should not be unfamiliar, its leaves are opposite, growing a bit like chrysanthemum leaves, with small flowers of lilac and blue, which look very beautiful. It's time for verbena to bloom, and you can often see it walking on the side of the road.
The most impressive thing is its ripe fruit, which will crack when ripe, and there are small thorns in it, passing by it, and its small hooks are sticking to its pants, which is very annoying.
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But everything is two-sided, verbena is annoying, but its value is very large, it does not move, a move is a blockbuster, but many people do not know its value.
When I was a child, every time I had a fever, a cold, a sore throat, a swollen gums and other common problems in life, adults would use verbena to boil water for us to drink, the effect is still quite good, and to this day we will pick some verbena every year to dry and save for later.
In the countryside, it is often seen that the elderly in the village collect verbena and boil water for external washing, which has a good effect on numbness and weakness of the limbs. At the same time, you can also boil water to bathe confinement mothers, which can reduce the occurrence of confinement disease.
In addition, verbena can also be made into tea for tea to drink, every three to five used to make tea to drink, smell has a light fragrance, and slightly astringent, has a certain health care effect, but also can speed up the blood circulation in the body, thereby playing a role in activating blood stasis, which is of great benefit to women's menstrual health.
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In fact, the reason why verbena has so many effects, mainly because of its medicinal value, it can be used in the whole herb, with heat and detoxification, menstrual pain relief, blood stasis effect, wind and fire toothache, liver fire, women's confinement disease, dysmenorrhea, menstrual irregularities, edema, unfavorable urination, hepatitis, eczema and other diseases have curative effect.
Without this common verbena on the side of the road, there are so many roles that have helped many people in the past. Friends, do you have this verbena in your hometown? Its value is very precious, but many people do not know its value, only some old people understand its value and will take some to take home. If you meet in your hometown, please cherish it.