Source of medicinal materials: whole grass or root of Asparagaceae plant chlorophytum.

The roots and whole grass of chlorophytum can be used as medicine, which has the functions of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, removing blood stasis and swelling, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Mainly phlegm-heat cough, traumatic injury, fracture, carbuncle swelling, hemorrhoids, burns and scalds. For children with high fever, lung heat cough, hematemesis, traumatic injury and swelling and pain.

Harvest and storage: it can be harvested all year round, only washed. ?

Extended data:

In addition to medicinal value, the efficacy and function of chlorophytum are as follows:

1. Beautify the living room: Chlorophytum is one of the most traditional plants hanging in the living room. Its leaves are slender and soft, and small plants are drawn out from the axils of leaves, which droop from the basin edge like flowers, evergreen all the year round, with small white flowers in summer and yellow stamens. It is one of the best green plants to beautify the living room.

2, fresh air: the fresh air effect of chlorophytum is very significant, it can carry out photosynthesis in weak light, absorb more than 80% of indoor harmful gases, and its ability to absorb formaldehyde is super strong.

Generally speaking, if you keep L ~ 2 pots of chlorophytum in a room, the toxic gases in the air can be completely absorbed. A pot of chlorophytum in a room of 8 ~ 10 _ is equivalent to an air purifier, which can kill 80% of harmful substances in the room within 24 hours. Absorbed 86% formaldehyde.

It can absorb all carbon monoxide and nitrogen peroxide emitted from stoves, electrical appliances and plastic products, decompose benzene, and absorb nicotine and other relatively stable harmful substances in cigarette smoke, so chlorophytum is also called "green purifier".

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chlorophytum (Chinese Medicine)

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