A Story of Phragmites

[b:0c1c942356]A story of phragmites [/b:0c1c942356]
This story happened in a village of the south of the Changjiang River. There was just one herbal medicine shop in the village, so the storekeeper sought exorbitant profits by taking advantage of the favorable geographical position for that whoever was ill in the village had to take the drugs of his shop.

Once a prole's child had a fever and the condition was very serious. The prole had to look to the storekeeper for help. The storekeeper told him that in case of high fever it should take the antelope horn of which cost ten taels of silver for just 1.5g.

The prole said, "I have not enough money. Can you sell it at a bargain?"

"No. I won't sell my drugs at bargain prices." The storekeeper replied.

The prole had no choice but returned empty and cried bitterly

A pauper happened to pass by and heard of that. So he told the prole that there was another kind of drug that could treat high fever and didn't cost you any money.

"Really? What's that?" the prole asked eagerly.

"Dig some phragmites from the pond and make you child take the decoction of it."

"Can the phragmites treat high fever?" the prole asked.

"Sure!"

The prole ran to the pond immediately and dug some fresh phragmites.

After taking the decoction of the phragmites.

The child was recovered really, Being very grateful to the pauper, the prole made friends with him.

Since then, people didn't have to look to the storekeeper for help when they had a fever. They could take the phragmites without spending a coin.

The phragmites has the actions of clearing heat and engendering liquid, and relieving restlessness and checking vomiting and is indicative for the diseases and symptoms of morbid thirst due to febrile disease, vomiting due to stomach heat, cough due to lung heat, and purulent phlegm due to pulmonary welling abscess, etc. In addition, the phragmites has other actions as diuresis and outthrusting papules. It can treat scanty dark urine, and pyretic stranguria in combination with imperata [root] and plantago seed, etc.; and treat inhibited eruption of measles papules in combination with mint and cicada molting, etc.

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miraculous hands

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:15 am