cǎo tóu
2 OverviewCao Tou is the young stem and leaves of Cao Tou (草头), a plant of the legume family, which is one of China's oldest vegetables with a very high nutritive value.
3 Alias of Cao TouCao Tou is also known as golden cauliflower and alfalfa
4 Nutritional composition of Cao TouCao Tou is rich in nutrients, containing 29.5g of protein, 48.5g of carbohydrates, 840mg of calcium, 320mg of phosphorus, 18mg of iron, 0.1mg of thiamine, 0.73mg of riboflavin, 2.2mg of nicotinic acid, and 118mg of vitamin C per 500g [1]. .
5 Nutritional Value Analysis of Grass Head
Grass head contains a large amount of iron, and thus can be used as an auxiliary food for the treatment of anemia, the B vitamin component contained in grass head can treat pernicious anemia;
In addition, grass head also contains vitamin K with hemostatic effect, folk commonly used to treat gastric or hemorrhoidal bleeding, and some prescriptions use it to treat gastric or hemorrhoidal and intestinal bleeding.
Grass-head also contains grass-head pigment and grass-head phenol and other substances, have the effect of cough and asthma, bronchitis has a certain effect.
In addition, grass head contains crude fiber, can promote peristalsis, help stool and toxin excretion, prevention and treatment of constipation and intestinal cancer.
And grass-head contained in the grass-head can inhibit intestinal contraction, increase the content of thyroxine in the blood, can prevent the oxidation of adrenaline anti-cancer effect.
6 Suitable for people who eat grass headThe general population can eat grass head.
1. patients with bronchitis, anemia, pernicious anemia, bronchitis, dampness and heat, jaundice, yellow urine, red eyes, enteritis, night blindness, constipation, intestinal cancer, bladder stones, and gastric or hemorrhoids, intestinal bleeding, etc., can eat grass head;
2. urinary stones, loose stools are cautious of eating grass head.
7 The therapeutic efficacy of the grass headThe grass head is flat, bitter flavor, has the effect of clearing heat and light, soothing the tendons, intestines and so on, but also assist in the treatment of damp-heat yellow gangrene, urinary stones, eye yellow and red and night blindness and other diseases [1].
Grass-head has the effect of clearing heat and diuresis, relaxing tendons and muscles, dredging the intestines, draining stones, tonifying blood and stopping asthma; it also has the effect of clearing the spleen and stomach, facilitating the large and small intestines, and lowering the bladder stones.
Grass-head main treatment for bronchitis, anemia, damp-heat jaundice, yellow urine and red eyes, enteritis, night blindness, bladder stones and other diseases.
8 Recommended Serving Size of Cao Tou50-80 grams per meal
9 Suggestions for Consumption of Cao TouCao Tou should be fried.
10 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine - Cao Tou 10.1 Pinyin NameMù Xu
10.2 Alias of Cao TouComfrey Head, Purple Grass Head, Alfalfa Grass
10.3 SourceMedicago sativa L., family Leguminosae, the whole grass is used as medicine.
10.4 HabitatCultivated all over the world.
10.5 Chemical compositionRoots contain crystalline saponins, hydrolyzed to produce medicagemic acid and three triterpenoid saponin amino acids.
Leaves contain ononitol, vitamin A, C, D, E, K and so on.
The endosperm contains vernin (serotonin nucleoside, vernin, C10H13O5N5).
10.6 Taste and odorBitter, slightly astringent, flat.
10.7 Functions and IndicationsReinforcing the stomach, clearing heat and diuretic. It is used for treating enteritis, urinary tract stones, and night blindness.
10.8 Usage and dosage of grass head0.5 to 1 tael. Or fresh grass 2 to 3 taels, pounded juice to take.
10.9 ExtractsNational Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine
11 The Chinese Materia Medica - Cao Tou 11.1 OriginFrom Famous Medical Doctors' Compendium.
11.2 PinyinMù Xu
11.3 English nameHerb of Alfalfa, Herb of California Burclover,Alfalfa,Lucerne
11.4 Alias of Cao TouHerb of Alfalfa, Herb of Wooden Corn, Herb of Huai Feng, Herb of Guang Feng, Herb of Lian Zhi Cao, Herb of Guang Feng, Herb of Southern Cao Tou, Herb of Golden Flower, Herb of Clover, Herb of Mother Chestnut, Herb of Clover. , alfalfa, mother qi head, yellow flower grass seed, miller's grass seed, yellow cauliflower.
11.5 SourceHerbal Origin: The whole grass of the dicotyledonous plant leguminous plant purple grass head or south grass head.
Latin botanical and animal mineral names: 1.Medicago hispida Gaertn. [M.denticulata Willd.non L.] 2.Medicago sativa L.
Harvesting and storage: harvested in summer and fall, dried in the sun, or used fresh.
11.6 Original form1. Purple grass head, perennial rooted herb. The main root is up to 25 m. The rootstock is well developed; there are trailing stems or not, the stem is 30100 cm high, erect or creeping, smooth, multi-branched, about 1525 branches varying. 3 out of the compound leaves, small leaf blade is obovate-oblong, 22.5 cm long, only the upper tip is serrate; leaflets have a midrib protruding from the tip; petiole is long and smooth; stipules are large. Pedicels drawn from leaf axils, flowers shortly stalked; 825 forming clustered racemes; calyx campanulate, with 5 teeth; corolla purple. Pods spiral, 23-rounded unequally, slightly hairy, black-brown, indehiscent. Seeds 18, reniform, yellowish brown, very small. Flowering period 56 months.
2. Southern grass-heads, annual or biennial herbs. Leaflets broadly ovate or obcordate, apex slightly rounded or concave, distally serrate, proximally cuneate. Flowers yellow. Pods spiral, without deep grooves, with raised sparse spines.
11.7 HabitatEcology: 1. Purple grass head: born in the wilderness and fields.
2. Southern grass-head: cultivated in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
Resource distribution: 1. The purple grass head is widely distributed, and is cultivated in most parts of China.
2. South grass-head distribution of China's central and southern; the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is cultivated.
11.8 Chemical constituentsComfrey contains saponins. Comfrey contains Lucernol, Sativol, Coumestrol, Formonoin, Daidzein and other isoflavone derivatives, Tricin, Citrulline, C *** ine. It contains 21.837.6% protein and 4.09.5% sugar by dry weight. Carrion contains comfrey head phenol (Dicoumarol). The leaves contain B methyl D glucoside, 4o methyl endo inositol (Ononitol), l galactoheptulose (lGalactoheptulose). In addition, both leaves and stems contain pectic acid. Flowers contain florigenic glycosides: the blue and purple flowers of the head of comfrey mainly contain delphinidin (Delphinidin) 3,5 diglucoside, petunidin (Petunidin) and mallow (Malvidin); volatile components in the flowers are: linalool (Linalool), lauric acid (Myrcene), limonene (Limonene). The seeds contain Homostachydrine, Stachydrine and Sialic acid. Southern grass head contains carotene.
11.9 Pharmacological Actions of Comfrey HeadComfrey head is proposed to have a relaxing effect on isolated guinea pig intestinal tubes, but does not cause dropsy in sheep. Comfreyin significantly inhibited the contraction of the small intestine of isolated rabbits at a concentration of 2 x 10(5), and 4 mg of comfreyin injected into the lumen of the small intestine of in situ rabbits slowed down peristaltic contraction. Methylclovir itself had no significant effect on the small intestine of isolated rabbits, but if it was added to the bath tube first, it could mildly antagonize the effect of clover head. With the comfrey head fresh leaves for feed, may cause serious dropsy in animals, too much air pressure in the stomach can compress the diaphragm and blood vessels, so that the animal suffocated and died. Grass-head pigment also has a mild antioxidant effect, can prevent the oxidation of adrenaline, and has a mild estrogen-like effect. Whole grass extract can inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is effective in mouse poliomyelitis. Livestock feeding on Medicago hispida Gaertn. var. denticulata grass can produce photosensitive dermatitis.
11.10 Taste and odorBitter; flat; non-toxic
11.11 MeridianSpleen; stomach; kidney meridian
11.12 FunctionsClearing the spleen and stomach; clearing dampness-heat; diuretic; subduing swelling. Urinary stones; bladder stones; edema; gonorrhea; thirst
11.13 Usage and dosage of Cao TouFor internal use: pounded juice, 35 taels; powdered, 23 cents.
11.14 Discussions of Various Authors1. Monk: Benefiting the five viscera, washing away evil qi between the spleen and stomach, and all kinds of evil heat and poison.
2. Rihuazi Materia Medica: removes evil qi from the abdomen, heat qi between the spleen and stomach, and passes the small intestine.
3. "Diffraction of the Materia Medica": benefit the large and small intestines.
4. "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine": cure uric acid bladder stones.
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