The wonderful effects of the mill tree

Although it grows wild everywhere, the Moringa tree has many unexpected medicinal uses.

The mill plant is also known as the milling plant, the golden flower grass, the ma manh grass, the nhi huong grass, and the quynh ma. It is a small plant that grows in bushes, lives annually or perennially, and is 1 - 2m tall. The whole body and parts of the plant have soft hairs.

Leaves grow alternately, are heart-shaped, have serrated edges, yellow flowers, grow individually in leaf axils, have petioles as long as leaf stalks. The fruit consists of up to 20 carpels fused together, looking like a millstone. Each carpel contains 3 kidney-shaped, smooth, light black seeds. Flowering season is February - April, fruiting season is April - June.

The plant grows wild throughout the country and is often found on fences, vacant lots, foothills, and fields. After harvesting, the plant is washed to remove dirt, cut into short pieces, and used fresh or dried for later use.

According to Oriental medicine, the plant has a slightly sweet taste, neutral properties, and the effects of dispersing wind, clearing heat, detoxifying, activating blood circulation, expectorating, and diuretic, so it is often used to treat wind-heat colds, fever, headache, yellow-red urine, painful urination, edema, itching, allergies, etc.

Some remedies from the plant:

Treatment of colds and headaches caused by wind heat:12-16g of milled plant, 8g of bamboo leaves, 6g of mint, 8g of perilla, 12g of honeysuckle, boil with 750ml of water, reduce to 250ml, divide into 2 doses, drink before meals. Or: 20g of milled plant leaves, 20g of Chinese angelica, 10g of mint, 5g of licorice, 3 slices of fresh ginger, boil in water and drink during the day. Use for 3-5 days.

Treatment of urinary retention, frequent urination, painful urination due to damp heat:30g of mill plant, 20g of plantain flower, 20g of cogon root, 12g of corn silk, 8g of betel grass, 12g of pennywort, cook with 650ml of water, reduce to 250ml, divide into 2 doses, drink before meals. Use for 10 days.

Support treatment of bone and joint pain: 5g dried coriander leaves, 5g mimosa root, 3g sea spinach, 3g scratchgrass root, 3g passionflower leaves, 3g piper lolot leaves. Chop all into small pieces, dry, steep in water and drink instead of tea during the day. Use continuously for 1 month.

Support treatment of hemorrhoids:Grind 200g of the roots of the mortar and pestle, boil it to concentrate, drink 1 cup of medicine (equal to a cup of tea), use the remaining hot water to steam the anus, when the water is still warm, use it to wash, steam and wash 5-6 times a day.

Allergic urticaria:Grind the whole plant 30g, lean pork 100g, stew until done, eat the pork and drink the medicine. Use for 7 - 10 days.

Treatment of edema in women after giving birth:Grind 20-30g of Morinda officinalis leaves, 12-16g of Motherwort, boil with 300ml of water. Boil down to 150ml, divide into 2 doses, drink before meals.

Treatment of jaundice due to liver disease:Leaves and stems of the mill plant 30g; and 30g of artemisia capillaris. Boil in water and drink during the day instead of tea. Use continuously for 1 month to see results.

Treatment of earache, tinnitus, hearing loss:Grind 30g of fresh fruit (or whole plant) 60g, cook soup with lean pork to eat with meals.

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