Why should you plant a clump of rau khuc in winter?

Rau khuc has the effect of dissolving phlegm and eliminating wind and cold. It cures cough with phlegm, asthma, colds with fever, muscle and bone pain, leukorrhea, and tumors.

Rau khuc is also known as “thanh minh thao”, the scientific name is Gnaphalium indicum, belonging to the Asteraceae family. According to Oriental medicine, rau khuc is sweet, slightly bitter, neutral, non-toxic, and enters the lung meridian. It has the effect of dissolving phlegm and eliminating wind-cold. It cures coughs with phlegm, asthma, colds with fever, muscle and bone pain, leukorrhea, and tumors. Use 10-16g per day in the form of decoction or infusion. It can be chopped, added with a little sugar, steamed over a rice cooker, and drunk.

Cure cold and fever:Whole dried rau khuc plant 15-20g, decoct in water and drink during the day.

Cure cough with phlegm:15-20g dried rau khuc, 15-20g rock sugar, boil in water and drink during the day.

Cure sore throat, asthma and phlegm:30g of dried rau khuc, boil to drink or add 10g of ginger and onion, boil to drink.

Treatment of chronic bronchitis:50g of dried rau khuc, boil to get concentrated water, divide into 3 times to drink during the day; continuously for 10 days (one course of treatment). Or rau khuc combined with xa tien thao and forsythia to treat chronic bronchitis also achieves good results.

Treatment of bronchitis and asthma caused by cold:15g dried rau khuc, 15g hoang gioi tu, 9g tien ho, 9g van vu thao, 12g tho truc tu, 30g ti ni can, boil in water and drink during the day, continuously for 5 days. Drink for a month to see clear effects.

Treatment of high blood pressure:Rau khúc combined with mulberry leaves, cook soup and eat daily.

Treatment of swollen and painful tendons, swollen knees and legs:Whole plant of rau khúc 30-60g, boil in water and drink during the day.

Treatment of gout:Use crushed leaves and young branches of the rau khúc plant and apply to swollen and painful areas.

Treatment of vaginal discharge:15g of rau khúc, 15g of phoenix tail grass, 15g of dang tam thao, 12g of Thổ ngưu tất, boil in water and drink during the day.

Attention:Do not drink during menstruation, may cause menorrhagia.

There is another species of rau khúc (Gnaphalium multiceps Wall) with taller plants and yellow flower heads that is also used as medicine with the same effect.

Taboos:Should use small doses, if eaten too much will harm the eyes.

According to Khoeplus