What is the effect of dried gotu kola?

What is the effect of dried gotu kola?

Health & Life Newspaper quoted Dr. Pho Thuan Huong as saying that Gotu kola is found all over our country and has many other names such as betel garden, betel screen. The Chinese name of this species is wild chicken grass (jungle chicken claw). The Latin name of the species is Eleusine indica (L) Gaertn, Poaceae family. Gotu kola has flower clusters growing on a stalk at the top of the stem consisting of 5-7 flowers, arranged in a circular pattern like pinwheels, with small, long leaves. The whole Gotu kola plant is used as a fresh and dried medicinal herb.

Use the whole plant, fresh or dried. Gotu kola is sweet, slightly bitter, cool, nourishes blood, promotes blood circulation, is diuretic, detoxifies, and cools the liver. Used in cases of damage, bloating, difficulty urinating, rheumatism, malaria, fever, hot liver, and high blood pressure.

What are the effects of dried gotu kola? This is a concern of many people.

Remedies from gotu kola

The article on the Medlatec General Hospital website has medical consultation from BSCKI. Duong Ngoc Van said that in folk medicine, there are remedies using Gotu kola to treat some common diseases such as:

Remedies for people with high blood pressure

Use the washed and crushed Gotu Kola and pour it into a bowl of boiling water. Let it cool, add a little sugar. Drink twice a day, morning and afternoon, it will help reduce blood pressure.

Fever reducer

Use about 120g of fresh betel leaves with 600ml of water, boil until the water is reduced to about 400ml, add a little salt, let cool. Divide this medicine into moderate amounts to drink many times within 12 hours, which has a much safer fever-reducing effect than taking fever-reducing medicine. Betel leaves can also be used in combination with cogon roots to treat fever, yellow urine, and little urine.

Remedies for skin diseases

For people with skin diseases such as dermatitis and jaundice, they can use the following remedy: 60g fresh gotu kola with 30g Chinese clematis, boil to a moderate level and drink several times a day.

Remedy for orchitis

Use the following remedy for people with orchitis: 60g of gotu kola and 10 lychee pulps, boil with the right amount of water, divide into several parts and drink several times a day.

Meningitis prevention medicine

Boil fresh Gotu Kola and drink continuously for 3 days, rest for 10 days and drink for another 3 days. This is a folk remedy that is said to be effective in preventing infectious meningitis.

Heat-clearing and pregnancy-preserving medicine

Use Gotu kola combined with cogon grass, gotu kola, eclipta prostrata, Xanthium lappa, licorice, fresh ginger, lemongrass, tangerine peel, etc. to boil with water and drink during the day. This remedy is said to have good effects in supporting heat clearing, detoxification, good for the liver and pregnancy.

Although Cyperus rotundus is very good for health, the use of this herb should be very careful. Do not abuse herbs for daily drinking. The best use of herbs should be consulted with a doctor.

Ha An (Synthesis)

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