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Today, the plant that I share with you is not an ordinary plant, it can penetrate stones, it is really amazing, it is really incredible. It has the title of "broken stone grass" among the people, and its value is extremely precious, and it is difficult to find it if you want to dig it now.
Presumably many people have guessed that it is the famous broken stone in the countryside, because of its strong vitality and penetrating ability, even if it grows in the crack of the stone, its root system can still break through the stone and continue to grow upward, so it is called the broken stone, and many people are also called "broken stone grass".
Although there are thousands of plants in the countryside, it is very rare to be able to penetrate the stone like a broken stone, it is a plant with extremely tenacious vitality, which can be said to be a symbol of the tenacious vitality of the plant world, and the name sounds quite domineering.
It is a shrub plant of the genus Moraceae, which generally grows on the slopes, streams, shrubs, valleys, ditches, forest edges, etc. in rural areas, and is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui and other provinces and regions in the mainland.
Speaking of piercing stones, the author can't help but think of its fruit, because its fruit is very peculiar, spherical, the fruit is green, when ripe, it will become orange-red, the appearance is wrinkled, and the shape resembles the lychee we often eat now, so we all like to call it "fake lychee".
Although this fruit is shaped like a lychee, it is not delicious at all, because its flesh is very hard, and the older generation who know it likes to use it to soak in wine and drink, which has a good health value, which can not only improve the body's immunity, but also has the effect of dispelling wind and invigorating blood.
In fact, there are many interesting aliases for piercing stones, such as Sichuan Poshi, Morning Glory into the Stone, Hercules King, Mountain Lychee, Mountain Lychee Fruit, Pork Belly Tendon, Tiger Thorn, Yellow Snake Root, Thousand Heavy Skin, Nine Layers of Skin, Golden Cicada Shell, Yellow Root, Yellow Dragon Shell, etc.
The leaves are alternate, oval, the branches are slender and dense, and there are long spikes at the stem nodes, the leaves are emerald green, but the color of the bark is gray-brown, and the most important thing is that its roots are cylindrical, and the outer skin is orange-yellow, with layers of skin, which is how the alias of the nine-layer bark is derived.
The root of the broken stone grows very strong, hard as iron, which is also the reason why it can penetrate the stone, for the old Chinese medicine its root and root bark are very high medicinal value of the traditional Chinese medicine village, but it is very difficult to cut when sliced, but the medicinal value is extremely high, with the effect of dispelling wind and relieving cough, invigorating blood and dispersing stasis, relaxing tendons and activating the nerves.
Piercing stones have certain curative effects on rheumatic low back and leg pain, hepatosplenomegaly, hepatitis, mumps, aching limbs, bruises, sprains, tuberculosis, jaundice, stones, drenching, amenorrhea, coughing up blood from strain, boils and carbuncles.
Dear friends, do you have this kind of piercing stone in your hometown? It is a kind of herb that can penetrate the stone, people call it "broken stone grass", the value is precious, people who understand it will go into the mountain to dig every year, now it is rare, and it is difficult to find it if you want to dig. If you meet in your hometown, please cherish it.
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