茅根味甘性寒,为富有营养的清涼剂,神农本草經谓主治劳伤虚赢,补中益气。肘后方謂可避谷不飢,故荒年民間多服此以代粮食,李时珍称白茅根甘能除伏热,利小便,故能止諸血噦逆,喘急消渴,治黄疸水腫。可見茅根的应用很广,而且疗效确实。民间在夏秋之間,多用此煮茶,称“茅根茶”味美适口,功能清热解暑,防止中暑及各种疫症,效果很好。有的地方加西瓜皮 Maogen is sweet and cold, and it is a nutrient-rich refresher. Shennong Materia Medica is said to treat labor and injury and win, and fill in the Qi. Behind the elbow that can avoid the valley is not hungry, so many people in the wasteland took this on behalf of food, Li Shizhen said Rhizoma Imperatae can be in addition to volt heat, Lee urine, it can stop all the blood retorts, breathe Diabetes, cure jaundice edema. It can be seen that the application of Chine is very wide, and the efficacy is indeed. In the summer and the public, people often use this tea to make tea, which is called “Maogen Tea” and it is a palatable, functional and heat-relieving heatstroke that prevents heat stroke and various epidemics. It works well. Some places add watermelon rind