Xanthium belongs to Compositae. Alias: louse horse's head, old baby, spiny eight naked, prodigal son, green thorn, crazy head woman, wild eggplant, pig ear, vegetable ear, baby, also known as magnetic head awn in Cantonese. It belongs to the fruit with involucre of Xanthium sibiricum, an annual herb in Compositae. Common Chinese herbal medicines of Xanthium. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Henan and other provinces.
According to Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, Xanthium sibiricum is mainly used to treat wind chill pain, rheumatic arthralgia, limb colic, aversion to meat and tendons, and knee pain, and it can benefit qi after long-term use. ? Compendium of Materia Medica records:? Xanthium sibiricum, fried incense invades wine clothes, dispel wind and tonify deficiency.
Xanthium sibiricum is pungent, bitter and warm; Toxic. Return to lung meridian.
Xanthium sibiricum has the effects of expelling wind and removing dampness, dredging orifices and stuffy nose. Can be used for treating wind-cold headache, runny nose, rubella pruritus, damp arthralgia and contracture.
Its seeds can be used to extract oil. It is understood that the properties of Xanthium sibiricum oil are similar to tung oil, and it can be mixed with tung oil to make paint, as well as raw materials for producing ink, soap and linoleum, as well as hardened oil and lubricating oil.
Xanthium sibiricum is not only used as raw material for industrial production, but also used for its medicinal value.
The whole plant, root, flower and fruit with involucre of Xanthium sibiricum can be used as medicine, and its components have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. Can be used for treating hyperglycemia and diseases of respiratory system and cardiovascular system. It has certain curative effect on common cold, head wind, dizziness, sinusitis, conjunctival congestion, wind-warm arthralgia, contracture numbness, wind furuncle, scabies, skin itching, hemorrhoids and dysentery.
However,? Is it a three-point poison? . Since xanthium sibiricum can be used as medicine, we should pay attention to its toxicity. Recently, it was reported that someone was poisoned by soaking Xanthium sibiricum in water. Therefore, Xanthium sibiricum, which is full of treasures, must also be applied correctly by professionals, otherwise the baby may become? Black boy? Yes!