​The efficacy and function of ant grass

When it comes to ant grass, many people may be unfamiliar with it. Is it a grass that looks like an ant? In fact, ant grass is what we commonly call purslane. Don’t be fooled by its ordinary appearance. In fact, the effects and functions of ant grass are very powerful. The efficacy and functions of ant grass are mainly reflected in health care and prevention and treatment of diseases. For such a good medicinal herb, we must understand its specific efficacy and functions so that it can be used in our daily life.

The main effects and functions of ant grass are as follows:

The efficacy and function of ant grass: clearing heat and detoxification

Ant grass has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispersing blood and reducing swelling. It can treat hot dysentery with pus and blood, hot stranguria, hematuria, leucorrhea, carbuncles, ulcers, erysipelas, etc. Ant grass is generally used alone in large doses. Due to its wide source and easy picking, it is often used as a fresh medicine and has a very good therapeutic effect. If used for diarrhea and dysentery caused by damp heat, you can use about 200 grams of fresh ant grass, boil it in water and drink it as tea from time to time. Ant grass can also be rinsed with clean water and squeezed into juice for consumption. Because the effective ingredients of ant grass are retained to the greatest extent, it takes effect quickly. Ant grass has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, removing dampness and stopping leucorrhea. It is suitable for people with damp-heat, yellow leucorrhea, sticky and smelly leucorrhea, short and yellow urine, thirst and bitter taste in the mouth, red tongue with yellow coating, and slippery pulse. It can also be used for damp-heat diarrhea, dysentery, etc.

Ant grass contains a large amount of norepinephrine and potassium salt, and contains a lot of nutrients such as dihydroxyethylamine, malic acid, saccharide, vitamin B1, B2, etc. Experiments have confirmed that ant grass has a strong inhibitory effect on many bacteria such as Shigella dysenteriae, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, etc., and is known as a "natural antibiotic." People often use 120 grams of fresh ant grass (60 grams of dried grass) and 60 grams of japonica rice to cook porridge, or use fresh ant grass juice and large doses of water decoction to treat damp-heat diarrhea, acute enteritis, dysentery and other symptoms. It is a natural medicine for clearing heat, detoxifying and reducing inflammation.

The efficacy and function of ant grass: ant grass leaves

The efficacy and function of ant grass in treating bacillary dysentery

Ant grass is an important medicine for treating bacillary dysentery. It can be decocted and taken alone, or it can be used together with other medicines such as Polygonum hydropiper. The effect is better when fresh ant grass is used. Since ant grass can be eaten as a vegetable and is safe even when used in large quantities, it is a medicine worthy of attention. Nowadays, it is mostly used to treat enteritis, acute arthritis, cystitis, urethritis, anus inflammation, hemorrhoidal bleeding and other diseases.

Ant grass can be used to treat all carbuncles, swellings and sores on the skin all over the body. As long as yang heat and heat toxins are the main manifestations, whether they are in the early or late stages, you can use fresh ant grass to crush it and apply it externally, and fix it with gauze. It can not only clear away heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain, but also protect the skin and wound surface well and promote tissue regeneration and wound healing.

The norepinephrine in ant grass can promote insulin secretion, regulate sugar metabolism in the human body, and has the effect of lowering blood sugar concentration and maintaining blood sugar stability; potassium salt can lower blood pressure, slow down heart rate, and has the effect of protecting the heart. Ant grass also contains a large amount of anti-aging active ingredients such as vitamin E, vitamin C, carotene and glutathione. Ant grass can eliminate dust toxins, prevent degeneration and necrosis of phagocytes, prevent lymphatic vessel inflammation and fibrous changes, prevent the formation of silicosis nodules, and has a certain effect on vitiligo. Horse teeth also contain more carotene, which can promote the healing of ulcers.

The efficacy and function of ant grass: supplement nutrition and prevent diseases

Ant grass contains protein, fat, multiple vitamins and amino acids, and is also rich in copper. Copper ions in the body are an important component of tyrosinase, and copper deficiency leads to reduced melanin production. Regular consumption of ant grass can increase the density of melanocytes in the epidermis and the activity of tyrosinase in melanocytes. It can be used as an auxiliary dietary dish for patients with vitiligo and patients with gray hair due to copper deficiency.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ant grass enters the heart meridian, liver meridian, and large intestine meridian. The more meridians it enters, the wider the treatment range. Ant grass contains a rich Y-3 fatty acid, which can inhibit the production of serum cholesterol and triglyceride in the human body, help increase the synthesis of prostaglandins by vascular endothelial cells, inhibit platelet formation of thromboxane A2, reduce blood viscosity, promote vasodilation, prevent platelet aggregation, coronary artery spasm and thrombosis, and thus play a role in preventing and treating heart disease.

The whole plant of ant grass has the medicinal effects of detoxification, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, diuretic and anti-dysentery, intestinal moistening and relieving stagnation, deworming, improving eyesight and inhibiting uterine bleeding; it can be used externally to treat erysipelas, snake bites and other diseases.