Button plant cures back pain

According to traditional medicine, the daisy plant has a sweet and mild taste and is neutral in nature. It has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, dispersing blood stasis, and reducing swelling. It is used to treat colds, flu, sore throats, enteritis, indigestion in children, trauma, rashes, ulcers, etc.

The button plant, also known as wild perilla, little devil needle, flower grass, single needle... is a wild herb, often found on roadsides, rice fields, and vacant lots around houses. The stems and branches have longitudinal grooves and are hairy. The leaves grow opposite, with long petioles, lanceolate leaflets, slightly rounded at the base, short petioles, and large, rough serrated edges. The flower clusters are head-shaped, yellow, and grow singly or in pairs in the leaf axils or at the ends of branches. The fruit is a diamond-shaped, 3-sided, irregular, 1cm long capsule with longitudinal grooves on top.

Button plant

Some commonly used remedies:

Lesson 1: Treating itchy rash due to weather allergies: 200g of button plant, wash it, put it in a pot, pour in 4-5 liters of water, boil it, let it cool down a bit, then take the residue and rub it thoroughly on the itchy rash. Usually, only use it 1-2 times to get results.

Lesson 2: Cure back pain due to overexertion: 150g of button plant, wash and boil to get the water, add 250g of jujube, brown sugar and a little white wine, simmer until the jujube is well cooked, divide into 4-5 doses to drink during the day, drink continuously for 10 days.

Lesson 3: Cure sore throat due to cold: 15g each of daisy, honeysuckle, gotu kola, lemon basil leaves, licorice. Wash all, put in a pot, add 750ml of water, simmer until 300ml remains, divide into 3 doses to drink during the day. Use for 7 days. Also, keep your mouth clean.

Lesson 4: Relieve toothache and gingivitis: Wash the whole flower and leaves of the daisy plant, add a little salt, crush and place on the painful area. Or take 50g of the daisy plant, wash it, soak it in 250ml of white wine (in a 1/5 ratio). In case of toothache, hold it in your mouth for a while then spit it out.

Lesson 5: Treatment of minor soft tissue injuries, painful hematomas: 15g of both the leaves and flowers of the daisy plant and the leaves of the big tree, crushed and bandaged and applied to the painful area, 1-3 times a day.

Lesson 6: Cure for children with indigestion: 15g of button plant, 60g of pig liver. Wash the button plant leaves, put them at the bottom of the pot, cover with water, place the liver on top and steam until cooked, divide into 2 doses a day, eat continuously for 5-7 days.

Lesson 7: Cure rheumatic pain: 60g of button plant, wash and boil in water to drink, divide into 2 doses per day. Use for 15 days per course.

In some localities, people crush chrysanthemums and soak them in water until concentrated, which also kills many mosquito larvae.

Note: Due to the different constitutions of each person, the above medicinal herbs need to be adjusted accordingly, so when applying, it is necessary to take the pulse and consult specifically. In addition, to avoid confusion, in some localities, people also call the yellow daisy (Spilanthes acmella (L.) Murr.) belonging to the daisy family (Asteraceae), another name is yellow bud. The flower is a yellow head.

According to Health and Life