In our countryside, there is a kind of plant that grows, this plant, when it is small, will also pick its fruit to eat, and it is also a part of the Jiaduobao Wang Laoji Herbal Tea.

This plant can be said to be very common in our countryside, but many people because they do not understand its value, will be used as a weed to remove, although this plant is not good-looking, but in our life the value can not be underestimated, it is recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", and is also called "itch grass" by the old people of the folk.

Today, when I passed by the vegetable patch, I found this plant, so I brought my friends to get to know it. See if there is such an anti-itch herb in your hometown? How much do you know about it?

The plant we are going to introduce today usually grows in some moist soil, such as some ditches or some vegetable fields, and prefers a moist and warm sunny environment, so if you want to find this itch grass, you can find it according to its growth habits.

Today we found a lot on the edge of this vegetable field, growing a large area, and the growth is very lush, many people may have seen this plant, but they don't know anything about its value.

After the spring of this plant, it grows very lushly, let's take a closer look at this plant.

His branches are section by section, straight upward, the stem is this purple-red, very individual, each node of it will also grow a leaf, its leaf is this oblong, the surface is this green color, but also with a layer like charcoal, and then its reverse is this white color, its texture is this grid, the texture is very clear.

The fruit it produces is like a jellyfish, so its scientific name is called the mother of coal, it is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family of knotweeds, and some places also call it white rice grass, the old people here are called itch grass according to its value and its use, as long as the experienced old people see this plant, they will pick it home and dry it for later use.

After drying, the above-ground plants of the mother of fire charcoal are Chinese medicinal materials, which are pungent, bitter and cool; Poisonous. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, diluting dampness and stagnation, cooling blood and relieving itching, brightening the eyes, calming the liver and brightening the eyes, invigorating blood and relieving tendons. It is used for dysentery, diarrhea, sore throat, diphtheria, pulmonary fever cough, whooping cough, hepatitis, lower belt, cancer, otitis media, eczema, vertigo tinnitus, corneal clouding, bruises.

It is a drug that is three parts poisonous, if you need to use it, please consult a doctor, you can not use it privately, this article is only for popular science purposes.

Friends, does this kind of charcoal mother plant grow in your hometown? If you know what it does for other purposes, please feel free to leave a message to share.