Ghost root needles are ghost needles. Ghost needles are herbaceous plants that can be found everywhere in fields and along roadsides. Because ghost needlewort is covered with needle-like thorns when it matures, folk also call it mother-in-law's needles, ghost thistles, sticky body grass, steel forked needles and so on.

Ghost needle grass young grass, dry products can be used as medicine. You can make water to drink, but to drink in moderation, it is best to use under the guidance of a doctor. General brewing water to drink as a tea, each time to take the ghost needle grass 3 grams in a teacup, pour boiling water to soak for about 15 minutes, and then you can slowly drink it.

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Ghost Needlewort, an annual herb, stems erect, obtuse four-angled. The lower leaves of the stem are smaller, rarely pinnately compound with leaflets, and the leaflets on both sides are elliptic or ovate-elliptic. Heads 8-9 mm in diam. Involucre pubescent basally, striped spatulate, slightly broader distally. Flowers not ligulate, disk flowers cylindrical, limb 5-toothed. Achenes black, striate, slightly compressed, angular, distally sparsely verrucose and setose, apical awns 3-4, with barbed hairs.

Ghost Needlewort is produced in many provinces and regions of China. It is found near villages, roadsides and wastelands. Widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and America. Ghost needle grass for Chinese folk medicine, warm, bitter flavor, non-toxic, the whole grass can be used as medicine, with heat, detoxification, dissipate blood stasis, swelling and other effects. It can be used to treat upper respiratory tract infections, sore throat, acute appendicitis, acute jaundice hepatitis, gastroenteritis, rheumatic joint pain, malaria, and externally to treat sores, poisonous snake bites, bruises, and swelling.

Ghost Needlewort medicinal value:

1, anti-inflammatory effect: ghost Needlewort in the polyacetylene compounds can significantly inhibit croton oil-induced swelling of the mouse auricle and egg white foot swelling, reduce the weight of rat cotton ball granuloma, but also significantly inhibit capillary permeability in mice and acetic acid inflammation of leukocytes in rats to travel. Flavonoid crystals in Ghost Needle also have good anti-inflammatory effect.

2, sedation and analgesia: small-flowered ghost needle grass injection intraperitoneal injection can significantly prolong the sleep time of sodium pentobarbital in mice, significantly reduce the number of voluntary activities, and with chlorpromazine is synergistic, and amphetamine has an antagonistic effect. Twisted body method and hot plate method experiments show a certain analgesic effect.

3, digestive system: ghost needle grass subcutaneous injection can significantly reduce the amount of gastric juice secretion in rats, reduce gastric juice pH, free acid concentration, inhibit the intestinal propulsion of charcoal end of the mouse, experimental gastric ulcers in rats have a protective effect, and can reduce the incidence of stress ulcers in mice.

4, anticancer effect: a variety of extracts of the ghost needle grass on the in vitro culture of HL60, V937 leukemia cells have different degrees of inhibition, of which the polyacetylene analogues have the best effect.

5, lowering blood lipids and antithrombotic: ghost needle grass and small-flowered ghost needle grass mixed aqueous infusion gavage can significantly reduce the male rat Ch and β lipoproteins, to the rat intravenous injection can significantly inhibit experimental arterial thrombosis.

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