The efficacy, function and medicinal value of Nepenthes

Nepenthes is a tropical carnivorous plant with a unique insect-catching pitcher that can kill many kinds of insects in nature. In addition, this plant is also a vine plant with a unique appearance for people to appreciate. At the same time, it can also be used as medicine to treat some common human diseases. If you want to know more about Nepenthes, what effects it has and its specific role as medicine, you can take a look at my detailed introduction to it below.

The efficacy and function of Nepenthes

1. Kill mosquitoes

Killing mosquitoes is one of the important functions of pitcher plants. This plant is a very rare carnivorous plant. It has a unique nutritional organ, the insect pitcher, which can produce some mucus during its growth period and emit a unique smell that can attract mosquitoes to enter. Then it will slowly digest these captured mosquitoes, which is of great benefit to environmental protection.

2. Feng Shui Effect

Nepenthes also plays a certain role in Feng Shui, because when people pray for wealth, they want it to roll in like a "pig cage into water". After getting rich, they want peace for generations. This idea is very similar to the shape and existence of Nepenthes, so people like to place it indoors in the hope of making a fortune.

Medicinal value of pitcher plants

1. Treat dry lung and hemoptysis

The whole plant of Nepenthes can be used as medicine. It is mostly harvested in autumn and dried in the sun. It can moisten the lungs and stop coughing, and it can also stop bleeding. It has a good therapeutic effect on adverse symptoms such as cough and hemoptysis caused by dry lungs. When treating, Nepenthes can be boiled with water and taken. It can also be boiled with some other Chinese medicinal materials that can clear away heat and detoxify.

2. Treat edema

Nepenthes is also excellent in its diuretic and edema-relieving effects. It has a good therapeutic effect on human body water, urinary problems, nephritis and hypertension. When people have edema and diseases that cause edema, they can boil the dried pitcher plant into a decoction and drink it.