Introduction: Plants that can "melt" stones, the old man called "gravel grass", if there is a stone in the stomach, look for it
In rural areas, a wide variety of wild plants grow, these plants are miraculous, and there are always their unique uses at certain times. As the older generation often says, "the people have no idle grass, and the right use is a treasure". When we really understand these plants, you will be in awe of them and marvel at the magic of nature.
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Today, the author shares with you this plant, it also likes to grow on the side of the road, but also blooms yellow flowers, its role can be powerful, is a plant that can "melt" stones, the old man calls it "gravel grass", the stone in the stomach is most afraid of it.
Presumably, many friends in the countryside should have guessed that this plant is the famous passing yellow in rural areas. In some places, it is also called money grass, real gold grass, paving lotus, walking grass and other names, it is a perennial herb of the primrose family.
Passing yellow as its name is a plant that likes to grow on the side of the road, its plants are very small, the rhizome is like a rattan on the ground and grows, with yellow brilliant flowers, especially bright and eye-catching, the scientific name of the crossing yellow is really "worthy of the name".
People who know Guoluhuang know that it has a famous alias called "money grass" in the folk, because its leaves are sitting opposite each other, and they are closely connected, and there are two brown lines in the middle, which looks like ancient gold ingots, so it is called "money grass".
Another theory is that because the crossing yellow has the effect of gravel, the older generation said that it is more valuable than money, so it was named "money grass". Because of this alias, many people confuse it with real money grass.
In addition to being more common on the roadside, crossing yellow can sometimes be seen in wetter places such as hillsides, wastelands, valleys, and streams, mainly distributed in Guangdong, Hunan, Sichuan, Henan, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangsu, Guizhou, Anhui, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang and other provinces and regions in the mainland.
Speaking of road yellow, friends living in the countryside should be very familiar, it is not only a common wild plant on the roadside, but also a common folk medicine. In particular, it has a good effect on stones, and the stones in the stomach are most afraid of it, so it is called "gravel grass" by the elderly.
It has been recorded in many medicine books that the three Chinese medicinal materials of Crossing Yellow, Chicken Neijin and Hai Jinsha are all good medicines for stone drainage, and Crossing Huang is listed as the "first of the three golds", which shows how precious it is and its medicinal value is very high.
Huanglu Huang medicinal whole herb, with the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, diuresis and stone elimination, dispersing stasis and reducing swelling, and has a certain effect on urinary tract stones, liver stones, gallstones, cholecystitis, jaundice hepatitis, bruises, edema, snakebites, purulent inflammation, burns and other symptoms.
Passing yellow is mainly used clinically for the treatment of stones, so many people of the older generation look for it if they have stones in their stomachs. People in the village take it home when they see it, but due to the increasing number of people picking and the abuse of herbicides, there are fewer and fewer wild crossing yellows these days.
Dear friends, is there such a crossing yellow in your hometown? It is a plant that can "melt" stones, and the old people call it "gravel grass", and they look for it if they have stones in their stomachs. If you can still meet in your hometown, please pay attention to it in time.