Crocodile grass can affect the growth of crops, so many farmers kill it with pesticides and then uproot it with hoes. But I didn't know that crocodile grass has many medicinal values, not only can be used as medicine, but also can solve many problems by soaking in water. Let's have a look.

With the improvement of people's living standards, many people pay attention to health care, and there are many weeds circulating on the Internet that can bring benefits to their health. Everyone turned their attention to the weeds in the countryside.

Although some of them are rumors, some weeds do have good medicinal value, such as dog tail grass. Many children in rural areas don't know that dog tail grass can blossom, but its flowers are different from what everyone thinks. Its flowers are green, similar to cylinders. Do you still think dog tail grass is a roadside weed? Let's see what the dog tail grass does.

1, relieve eye fatigue

With the progress of science and technology, people's way of life and work has changed a lot, especially young people, who often have to face mobile phones and computers for a long time, which easily leads to poor eyesight.

At this time, the dog tail grass can be put into the pot to drink tea instead of tea, which can effectively reduce liver fire, relieve eye fatigue, avoid eye dryness and pain, and can also assist in the treatment of various eye diseases, such as conjunctivitis and decreased vision.

2, get rid of facial edema

The effect of soaking the dog tail grass in water is also diuresis, dampness elimination and edema elimination. Many people wake up to find their faces swollen and their eyes swollen. At this time, if they drink a cup of dog's tail soaked in water, they can eliminate edema, because it has the effect of eliminating dampness and reducing swelling.

3, can reduce fever

Chinese medicine believes that green bristlegrass is sweet in taste and cool in nature, which can achieve the effect of clearing heat and drying dampness. Because of its heat-clearing effect, it can be used to treat exogenous fever. Any fever or high fever caused by wind-heat cold or fever can be reduced by using green bristlegrass, which is safe and effective and has no side effects on the body.

4, disinfection and itching relief

Setaria viridis has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. In daily life, boiling water with it can also play a role in disinfection and itching relief.

At the same time, in the face of itching caused by various skin diseases, boiling water with green bristlegrass can also play a certain role in alleviating it. Not only that, when we are bitten by mosquitoes, we can also apply water boiled by green bristlegrass to our skin.

5, detoxification and diuresis

With the acceleration of the pace of life, people have also developed many bad habits, such as overeating, which will increase toxins in the body, slowly damage the organs in the body, lead to abnormal metabolic function, abnormal toxin excretion, and gradually show sub-health status and induce various diseases.

Boiling water with green bristlegrass can effectively promote urine excretion, play a role in detoxification and diuresis, and contribute to the excretion of garbage and toxins in the body, especially at night, drinking proper amount of green bristlegrass can effectively improve sleep quality.

6. Treatment of synovitis

In addition to oral administration, Cynanchum komarovii can also be used externally, which is a specific drug for treating synovitis. According to the survey, more than 75% of the elderly will have different degrees of knee joint injuries and diseases, mainly synovitis.

The onset of synovitis is not only unbearable, but also affects daily life. Mash the dog's tail grass one by one, tie it to your knees with gauze, and add a hot water bottle to the gauze if possible. Soon the synovitis will be relieved, and there will be less and less fluid in the joints.