Originally, mountains and rivers were extremely life-threatening. Every plant and tree in nature has its use, and they are all good things that nature has given to human beings. We may care more about flowers and plants, but we don't know that wildflowers and weeds on the roadside also have many magical functions.
Maybe you've seen it many times and don't know the name. Today, let's take a look at the Chinese herbs that grow on the roadside.
Chinese herbal medicine
The Chinese people's exploration of Chinese herbal medicine has a history of thousands of years. According to legend, Shennong tasted herbs and pioneered medicine, and Shennong was respected as the "Emperor of Medicine".
Traditional Chinese medicine is mainly composed of plant medicines (roots, stems, leaves, fruits), animal medicines (internal organs, skin, bones, organs, etc.) and mineral medicines. Because botanicals account for the majority of traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese medicine is also called Chinese herbal medicine. At present, there are about 5,000 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine used in various places, and there are countless formulas formed by combining various medicinal materials.
The theory of the application of traditional Chinese medicine is relatively unique. Traditional Chinese medicine has four qi and five flavors. The four qi, also known as the four natures, refer to the cold, heat, warmth, and coolness of the medicinal properties. The five flavors refer to the pungent, sour, sweet, bitter, and salty nature of the drug. Chinese herbal medicines have different smells and tastes, and their curative effects are also different.
It's just a medicine that is three parts poisonous, and without the guidance of a professional doctor, you must not try it yourself, so as not to cause problems. Under the guidance of professional doctors, we can give full play to the miraculous power of herbal medicine! Let's take a look at the Chinese herbs around you!
plantain
Plantain is highly adaptable and can be found everywhere in China, from south to north in mountainous fields, roadside rivers. Sweet in taste and cold in nature. It has the effects of diuretic, heat clearing, eye brightening and expectorant.
It is mainly used for the treatment of urinary blockage, drenching, lower belt, blood in the urine, jaundice, edema, hot dysentery, diarrhea, epistaxis, eye redness and pain, throat paralysis, cough, skin ulcers, etc.
honeysuckle
Honeysuckle, blooming in March, five out, slightly fragrant, pedicle with red, the color of the flower is white at the beginning of the flower, and the color is yellow after one or two days, so it is called honeysuckle. And because of one pedicle and two flowers, two stamens poke out, in pairs, inseparable, like male and female accompaniment, and like mandarin ducks dancing together, so there is the mandarin duck vine called.
Honeysuckle has been known as a good medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying since ancient times. It is sweet and cold and fragrant, sweet and cold and clear heat without hurting the stomach, and the aroma is thorough and can dispel evil. Honeysuckle can not only dissipate wind and heat, but also be good at clearing blood toxins, and is used for various heat diseases, such as body heat, rash, spots, heat poison sores and carbuncles, sore throat and other symptoms, all of which have significant effects.
dandelion
Dandelion is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. The seeds have pompoms made of white crown hairs, and after the flowers bloom, they float to a new place to give birth to new life.
Dandelion plant body contains a variety of healthy nutrients such as dandelion alcohol, dandelion, choline, etc., which have the effects of diuresis, laxative, jaundice, choleretic and so on. Dandelion also contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, trace elements and vitamins, etc., has rich nutritional value, can be eaten raw, stir-fried, made into soup, is a plant with both medicine and food.
dayflower
Also known as orchid grass, bamboo leaf grass, etc., there are small blue flowers that are not common. Harvested in summer and autumn and dried in the sun.
It is used for cold and fever, fever, polydipsia, sore throat, edema, less urine, hot shower, astringent pain, carbuncle and boils.
Weeping plants
Weeping herb has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, clearing dampness and heat, and reducing alanine aminotransferase, but those with spleen and stomach deficiency should take weeping herb with caution, weeping herb to treat scalds and burns, carbuncle and sores, mastitis, mumps, erysipelas, scars, boils, etc., generally collect fresh grass, wash it, mash it externally, change it twice a day, and heal it in a few days.
Physalis alkekengi
There are many names of sour pulp, such as lantern plant, sorrel, lantern plant, bitter delay, golden lamp grass, girl's dish, lantern, hanging golden lamp, red girl, heavenly bubble grass, etc., and the names are different in various places.
It has the effect of clearing away heat and dampness, expelling phlegm and relieving cough, and softening and dispersing knots. It is mainly used for the treatment of damp heat jaundice, poor urination, chronic cough and asthma, chancre, scrofula, vegetal sores, eczema, boils.
Xanthella
Xanthium is a plant that everyone is familiar with, it is poisonous, and the whole plant is poisonous, the young shoots and fruits are the most toxic, and the seed kernels and seed leaves contain toxic proteins, toxic glycosides, etc., which may be the main toxic components, which can damage the heart, liver, kidneys and cause bleeding.
Dispel wind and heat dissipation, detoxify and kill insects. Treatment of head wind, dizziness, dampness and spasm, red eyes, puffy eyes, rheumatism, boils, heat sores, and itchy skin.
Maran head
It is also a common wild vegetable. Also known as: Maran, Daiqian chrysanthemum, chicken intestines, red stem vegetables, etc. Asteraceae Maran genus. Medicinal whole herb. It is cool and spicy. Start with the Taiyin lungs, foot syncopation yin liver meridian. Cool blood, clear heat, promote dampness, detoxify.
荠菜
Also known as: Herbs, Camelina, Drum Vegetables, etc. Cruciferaceae of the genus Capsule. Medicinal whole herb. Flat in nature and sweet in taste. Start with the three meridians of Shaoyin, Taiyin, and Foot Yin. and spleen, water, hemostasis, bright eyes. Treatment of dysentery, edema, gonorrhea, chyluria, vomiting blood, hematochezia, blood collapse, menorrhagia, red eyes.
Small thistle
Also known as: spiny cabbage, cat thistle, spiny radish, knife cabbage, wild saffron, etc. Asteraceae thistle. Medicinal whole herb or root. It is cool and sweet. into the liver and spleen. Cool the blood, dispel stasis. Hemostasis. Treatment of vomiting blood, hemorrhage, blood in urine, bloody shower, hematochezia, blood collapse, acute infectious hepatitis, traumatic bleeding, boils, carbuncle poison.
Mizuserina
Apiaceae is a genus of water celery. Medicinal whole herb. It is cool and spicy. Flattening the liver, relieving the surface, diaphragm. Treatment of measles, high blood pressure, insomnia. If you pick it yourself, you should be aware that there is another poison hemlock, which is stout and scattered, while water celery grows in patches near water or wetlands.
Coriander
Aliases: broken copper coins, chicken intestines, coriander on pots, etc., Umbelliferae broken copper coins. Medicinal whole herb. Cold in nature, bitter in taste. Heat-clearing, diuretic, swelling, detoxification. Treatment of jaundice, red dysentery, gonorrhea, poor urination, eyes, throat, carbuncle boils, bruises.
Vinegar grass
Synonyms: clover sour grass, vinegar motherwort, partridge acid, etc. Resorrel in the family Sorrel. Medicinal whole herb. Cold in nature, sour in taste. Start with the Yang Ming and Sun Sutra. Clear away heat and dampness, cool blood, disperse stasis, reduce swelling, and detoxify. Treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, gonorrhea, red and white discharge, measles, vomiting blood, hemorrhage, sore throat, boils, carbuncles, scabies, hemorrhoids, prolapse, bruises, soup burns.
婆婆指甲菜
Mother-in-law nail cabbage, aliases: melon seed grass, tall sage sage grass. Caryophyllaceae genus. Medicinal whole herb. Sweet. Clear urinary fever.
Lacquer grass
Aliases: pearl grass, ground pine. Caryophyllaceae Sumaca genus. Medicinal whole herb. It is cool in nature and bitter in taste. Treatment of lacquer sores, bald sores, carbuncles, scrofula, dental caries, pediatric accumulsion, bruises and internal injuries.
Tongsen-kusa
Traditional Chinese medicine name: green orchid, alias: tiger grass, stone shower, pustule medicine. Scrophularia spp. It is cool, slightly sweet in taste, and non-toxic. Medicinal whole herb. Anti-inflammatory, detoxifying. Treatment of carbuncles, boils, scalds.
Persian Mother-in-law
Chinese medicine name: Kidney grass, alias: lantern grass, Persian water bitter horse. Radix Radix Radiaceae Po Na genus.
It is flat in nature, bitter and salty in taste. Medicinal whole herb. Depyretic toxin, kidney deficiency, rheumatism.
Urushi
Diuresis and swelling, phlegm dissipation, insecticide and itching. It is used for ascites, edema, pulmonary tuberculosis, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, phlegm, wheezing and coughing, ringworm sores.
Dog tail grass
Aliases: Green Dogtail Grass, Grass Grass, Grass Grass, Grass Tail, Bright Grass, Arhat Grass and Fox Tail. Indications: Removal of heat, dampness, swelling. Treatment of carbuncles, sores and red eyes.
Spiral compound flower
The root and leaf can cure knife wounds, boils, decoction can relieve asthma and antitussive; flowers are stomach expectorant medicines, but also treat chest stuffiness, stomach distention, heating, cough, vomiting and so on. The leaves and wild chrysanthemums are very different, and the smell is also different.
Daylily
Daylily is a perennial herbaceous plant flower bud, fresh and tender, rich in nutrition, rich in pollen, sugar, protein, vitamin C, calcium, fat, carotene, amino acids and other essential nutrients for the human body, its carotene content is even more than tomatoes several times. Daylily has a sweet and cool taste, has the effects of hemostasis, anti-inflammatory, heat clearing, dampness, digestion, eyesight, soothing the nerves, etc., and has curative effects on vomiting blood, blood in the stool, urine blockage, insomnia, milk loss, etc., and can be used as a tonic after illness or postpartum.
Little Flyout
Xiaofei Peng, also known as Xiaofei Pengcao, Canada Peng, Xiaobai Baijiucao, Qizhou Artemisia. It is the whole grass or fresh leaves of the Asteraceae plant Xiaobaijiu grass, and it is an over-annual or annual herbaceous plant. It has the effect of clearing away heat and dampness, dissipating stasis and reducing swelling. It is found in most parts of the continent. In fact, it is an invasive alien species, with a particularly strong reproductive ability and a great harm to agriculture.
Thread grass
The medicinal part of the plant is a whole grass, which can be harvested during the growth period, fresh or dried for later use.
鸭tongue草
Therapeutic effect of duck tongue grass: duck tongue grass has a bitter taste and cool nature; It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying; It is mainly used for the treatment of dysentery, enteritis, acute tonsillitis, erysipelas, boils, etc. It can also be used for acute bronchitis and whooping cough.
Orchid ginseng
Therapeutic effect of duck tongue grass: duck tongue grass has a bitter taste and cool nature; It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying; It is mainly used for the treatment of dysentery, enteritis, acute tonsillitis, erysipelas, boils, etc. It can also be used for acute bronchitis and whooping cough.
bupleurum
Sexual taste returns to the meridians: slightly cold, bitter, pungent, return to the liver meridian, lung meridian, and spleen meridian. Function: Relieve heat through the surface, relieve liver depression, and lift yang energy. Indications: cold and fever, cold and heat exchanges, malaria, liver stagnation, chest and rib distension and pain, prolapse, uterine shedding, menstrual irregularities.
Wheat Dong
Sexual taste and meridians: sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cold. Return to the heart, lungs, and stomach meridians. Function and indications: nourish yin and nourish the body, moisten the lungs and clear the heart. It is used for dry cough, yin deficiency and cough, throat paralysis and sore throat, thirst for wounds, internal heat and thirst, insomnia, intestinal dryness and constipation.
Snakeberry
The whole herb is used for medicinal purposes, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, invigorating blood and dissipating stasis, astringent and hemostasis, and can treat poisonous snake bites, apply and treat boils, etc., and is used to kill flies and maggots.
There are often flower friends who discuss whether snakeberries can be eaten, in fact, snakeberries are slightly toxic, and it will be fine to eat a small amount, and the taste is relatively poor.
Tamatake
Nourish yin, moisturize dryness, remove annoyance, and quench thirst. Treatment of fever, yin injury, cough and polydipsia, fatigue and fever, easy hunger, frequent urination.
Mulberry white bark
Mulberry white bark is the bark of the root of the mulberry tree, and the sexual taste is attributed to the meridians: sweet and cold, into the lung meridians. Function: Diarrhea and asthma, dilution and swelling. It is used for pulmonary fever, cough and asthma, puffy face, unfavorable urination and other symptoms.
Datura stramonium
Toxic, for sedation, can relax muscles, the main ingredient of ancient hemp boiling powder and Yunnan Baiyao insurance seed, folk flowers, seeds, leaves, roots have different usages, divide and treat different diseases, ten chewing tablets can treat insomnia.
Oni-cho-so
When it is tender, it can be eaten as a vegetable, and it is quite delicious, and it is said to be very effective in reducing transaminases. Liver fever can be evacuated.
Bitter vegetables
Young leaves of the Asteraceae plant. Medicinal and edible herbs are both perennial herbs. The name of the medicine is Lost Sauce Grass, and the different name is Girl Flower and Deer Intestine Horse Grass.
It clears heat, cools blood, detoxifies, brightens the eyes, and stomach, and relieves cough. Treat dysentery, jaundice, blood, hemorrhoidal fistula, boils, snake bites, cough, bronchitis, chancre accumulation.
Sunflower greens
There are two kinds of wild and domestic species, and the "Benjing" is listed as the top grade, which is a healthy vegetable to eat, and most areas do not know to eat it now. In the picture above, it is a wild species, which can benefit the five organs, the root is used to benefit the kidneys, and the leaves are guided by brown sugar, which is effective in treating sores and swellings.
Zhao Ma
When the thorn is born, it has a stinging sensation when it touches the hair, and many people will feel stinging when they touch it. Folk use it to cook soup or fry it with eggs, and it tastes delicious. It can treat children's wind cough, wind fire toothache and other symptoms.
Nightshade
It is also one of the commonly used wild vegetables to clear heat and treat tumors, which has the functions of protecting the liver, strengthening the stomach and brightening the eyes.
Meng-hsien
Also known as Quren. It is distributed throughout the country. Born in sandy land, wasteland, hillsides, near settlements, etc. It can be used as feed when it is fresh. The fruit is used in medicine to calm the liver and eyes, disperse the wind and blood. Fruit thorns tend to adhere to the hair of domestic animals, which damages the quality of the fur.
He Shou Wu
It is prepared to nourish qi and blood, the smell is peaceful, it can be eaten often, and it can be used raw to detoxify and laxative without hurting yin. Miao has the function of calming the nerves and moistening the blood.
Wild Cargo
The taste and function are similar to those of domestic breeders, dispersing wind and heat, chasing filth, and detoxifying fish and shrimp.
palm
Brown hair, flowers, and roots are used as medicine, which can stop bleeding, but gynecological leucorrhea is more symptomatic.
Summer Dry Grass
The herbal tea that everyone likes to drink has a lot of Chinese herbs, such as honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, etc., and Prunella vulgaris is a frequently used material. For example, in the herbal teas such as Wang Laoji and Qizheng, Prunella vulgaris is added, and its heat-clearing function is used to achieve the effect of removing dampness and heatstroke.
motherwort
Motherwort can be used as a whole herb, and the active ingredient is motherwort, which contains a variety of alkaloids such as motherwort alkali, stacylline, motherwort, motherwort and other alkaloids, benzoic acid, potassium chloride, etc.
The taste is bitter and cool. It has the effect of invigorating blood and regulating menstruation, diuresis and swelling, clearing heat and detoxifying, and is mainly used to treat irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, low menstrual flow, postpartum blood halo, congestion and abdominal pain, kidney pain and edema, poor urination, blood in urine, etc.
Cassia seed
Seeds can be used as traditional Chinese medicine, and they are known for their ability to clear the eye. The often said cassia tea is it... Ripe fruits are harvested in autumn, dried, seeded and impurities removed. Cassia seed is bitter, sweet and salty, slightly cold, enters the liver, kidney, and large intestine meridian, moistens the intestines and laxatives, lowers lipids and brightens the eyes, treats constipation, hyperlipidemia, and high blood pressure. It clears the liver and brightens the eyes, dilutes water and laxatives, has a laxative effect, lowers blood pressure and lowers blood lipids.
Snake Floor
Chinese herbal medicine, warm the kidneys and aphrodisiac, dry dampness, dispel wind, and kill insects. It is used for impotence, uterine cold, cold and damp zone, damp and low back pain, and external treatment of vulvar eczema, female itching, trichomoniasis vaginitis.
Gynostemma
There are a lot of gynostemma wild, and the southern ones have a relatively high value, and they are known as the ginseng of the south. Indications: fatigue, fatigue, leukopenia, hyperlipidemia, viral hepatitis, chronic gastroenteritis, chronic bronchitis.
Milk vetch
The nectar of milk vetch, which is often heard, is cultivated throughout China as an important green manure crop and livestock feed, and the young shoots are also used as vegetable food. The roots, whole herbs and seeds can be used as medicine, which has the effect of dispelling wind and brightening eyes, strengthening the spleen and invigorating qi, detoxifying and relieving pain.
Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs to get the subtlety of traditional Chinese medicine. It is hard to imagine how many attempts our ancestors have gone through to discover so many ordinary and magical Chinese medicines.
However, Huahua still has to remind everyone that it must be used under the guidance of a doctor, it is a three-point poison, but it must not be sloppy!