This product is Rhizome or Herb of Chinese Lizardtail family, a perennial herbaceous plant, Houttuynia cordata (Houttuynia cordata Thunb) grass. Distributed in provinces south of the Yangtze River Basin. Collect in summer and autumn, wash, dry and use raw.

[Property]

Acrid, slightly cold. act on lung channel.

[Efficacy]

clearing heat and removing toxin, eliminating carbuncle, expelling pus, diuresis and treating stranguria.

[Indications]

1. Used for lung abscess and lung heat cough. This product can relieve cold and relieve stagnation. It mainly enters the lung meridian and is good at clearing the lungs. It has the effects of clearing heat and removing toxin and expelling pus. It is an important medicine for treating lung abscess due to phlegm-heat and coughing up pus and blood. It is often used with Platycodon Root, Reed Rhizome and Trichosanthis Fruit. and other medicines can be used together; it can also be used to treat lung heat cough, often with Skullcap Root, Fritillaria Bulb, Anemarrhena, etc. Medicines are used together.
2. For heat toxin sore and ulcer. This product is pungent and cold. It can clear heat and remove toxin and expelling pus. It is often combined with wild chrysanthemum flower, Dandelion and Lonicera can be used in the same way; you can also use the fresh product alone and mash it for external application.
3. For heat stranguria certificate. This product has the effect of removing heat and dehumidification, diluting water and relieving stranguria. It is often combined with Plantain Herb, lalang grass rhizome, Haijinsha and other medicines. , used in the same way. In addition, this product can clear the intestine to stop dysentery and can also be used to treat dampness-heat diarrhea.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

[Documentation]

1. Bencao Jingshu: "Essential medicine for treating phlegm-heat blocking the lungs and causing lung abscess, vomiting pus and blood."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Powder heat toxin carbuncle 》

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoction, 15-30g. Appropriate amount for external use.

[Precaution]

This product contains volatile oil and should not be fried for a long time.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb, volatile oil, muscarine, Daimyo Oak Bark glycoside, potassium chloride, etc. Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb has varying degrees of activity against a variety of Gram-positive and negative bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus A, Bacillus influenzae, Bacillus catarrhalis, disease caused by cold bacilli and subcutaneous node bacilli. Inhibitory effect; it can enhance the phagocytosis ability of white blood cells and improve the body's immunity; it also has anti-inflammatory effects. It contains Daimyo Oak Bark element and potassium salt, which can expand the renal stirred pulse and increase the renal stirred pulse blood flow, so it has a strong diuretic effect. . In addition, it also has analgesic, hemostatic and antitussive effects.