When it comes to names, it’s like a person has a different kind of plant. The arrowhead mushroom whose alias is "Sister-in-law" must be on the front line. If you look at these two words alone, who would have thought that this is a plant and not a kind-hearted person?

Where's the girl?

Not only is the name confusing and arousing speculation, but the medicinal value of the arrowroot mushroom is also quite rich.

The main components of the arrowroot mushroom are starch, protein and multiple vitamins. It is rich in calcium, iron, zinc, phosphorus, boron and other active substances. It has a regulating effect on human muscle energy and has good medicinal value.

According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica": Cigu, also known as "boring mushrooms, borrowing mushrooms, water duckweed, white ground millet, scissors grass, arrow grass, swallow grass", because it "produces twelve children every year, like the milk of a loving mother.

Hence the name".

Its root is "bitter, sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic" and is mainly used to treat "hundred poisons, postpartum blood congestion, heart attack, dystocia, inability to come out of the cell membrane, pound the juice and take one liter, and it will cause stranguria".

Its leaves are mainly used to treat "all kinds of malignant sores, childhood tumors and erysipelas, if crushed and applied, even if they subside, it is very good"; it can also treat "snake and insect bites, crushed and sealed" and other diseases.

The "Compendium of Materia Medica" emphasizes the different effects of the roots and leaves of the mushroom.

The bulbs of the arrowhead mushroom are sweet, astringent, and slightly warm in nature. They enter the lungs and heart meridian and have the effect of stopping bleeding and strengthening the intestines; treating phlegm, scrofula, lumps and boils, shortness of breath, palpitations, edema, difficulty in urination and other diseases.

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Carbuncle clear.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Ci Mushroom can detoxify, reduce swelling, and be a diuretic. It can be used to detoxify and diuretic to treat various unknown swellings and poisonous snake bites.

Su Song said Sagittarius leaf: "It is very good for all kinds of malignant sores and erysipelas in children. If you smash it and apply it, it will subside."

"Ming Dynasty Materia Medica" affirms it: the method of "treating snake and insect bites" is also very simple, just "mash it and seal it".

Mash the arrowroot mushrooms and mix them thoroughly with ginger juice, and apply it on the swollen and painful areas of the skin to reduce inflammation, reduce swelling and relieve pain.

Patients with coughs containing blood in their sputum, anemia, dystrophic edema, beriberi, and neuritis can also eat more arrowroot mushrooms.

It can clear away heat and stop bleeding, detoxify, reduce swelling, and disperse stagnation.

Treats hemoptysis, vomiting, dystocia, postpartum afterbirth retention, metrorrhagia, urinary tract stones, erysipelas in children; external use to treat carbuncles, sores, and poisonous snake bites.

Su Gong said: "There are hundreds of poisons. Postpartum blood is stuffy, it attacks the heart and makes you want to die. It is difficult to give birth and the cell membrane cannot come out. Pound the juice and take one liter. It also causes stone dripping."

It points out the efficacy of arrowhead mushrooms in treating postpartum symptoms and excreting stones.

Arrowroot contains colchicine and other alkaloids.

It can prevent and fight cancer, increase CAMP levels in cancer cells, and inhibit the proliferation of mitotic cancer cells.

It has the effects of anti-cancer, detoxification and carbuncle removal, and is often used to prevent and treat tumors.

The water and other active ingredients contained in arrowhead mushrooms can clear, tighten and moisten the lungs, thus clearing away heat, relieving coughs and making people breathe smoothly.

The various trace elements contained in the arrowroot mushroom have a certain cardiotonic effect and can strengthen and moisturize the body.

Li Shizhen once said: "Sister-in-law grows in shallow water, and people also plant it. The seedlings grow in March, and the green stems are hollow and have ribs on the outside.