This product is the mature fruit of burdock (Arctium lappa L.), a biennial herb of the Asteraceae family. Mainly produced in Hebei, Zhejiang and other places. Harvested in autumn, dried in the sun, used raw or stir-fried, and mashed when used.

[Property]

Acrid and bitter, cold. act on lung and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

releasing exterior with pungent-cool, promoting eruption disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx, removing toxin dispersing swelling.

[Indications]

1. It is used for common cold, sore throat and sore throat. This product is pungent and bitter, and cold can clear away heat, so it has the effects of releasing exterior with pungent-cool and ventilating lung disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx. It is used to treat common cold, sore throat and sore throat. It is often used with Lonicera, Forsythia, Schizonepeta, Platycodon Root are equivalent, such as Lonicera and Forsythia Powder; if the wind and heat are strong, the throat will be swollen and painful. , with higher heat toxin, it can be compared with Rhubarb Rhizoma, Mentha, Schizonepeta, Saposhnikovia Root It can be used equally, such as burdock soup; if the wind-heat is rough and the phlegm is not smooth, it is often used with Schizonepeta, Platycodon Root, Peucedanum , Liquorice Root.
2. Used for measles to be opaque. This product can release exterior with pungent-cool, expelling and dispersing heat toxin and promote the rash to appear. It is used to treat measles that are not transparent or appear and then disappear again. It is often used with Mentha, Schizonepeta, Cicada Slough, Arnebia are also used, such as promoting eruption soup.
3. For carbuncle sores, mumps pharyngitis. This product is cold in nature and has clearing and descending properties in its rising and floating properties. It can dissipate wind-heat externally and purge its poison internally. It has the effects of clearing heat and removing toxin, reducing swelling and disinhibiting benifiting the pharynx. It also has a slippery and sharp property. , it can relieve both bowel movements, so it can be used to treat external attacks of wind-heat, internal knots of fire toxin, pain, swelling, sores, and constipation. It is often used with Rhubarb Rhizoma and Mirabilite, Gardenia, Forsythia, Mentha are equivalent; this product is used with Trichosanthis Fruit, Forsythia, Snakegourd Root, green tangerine peel are used equally, and can also be used to treat liver depression, fire, stomach heat and acute mastitis. Certificate, such as Trichosanthis Fruit burdock soup; this product is paired with Scrophularia Root, Skullcap Root, Coptis Rhizome It can also be used to treat suppurative parotitis, mumps pharyngitis and other heat toxin syndromes, such as Universal Relief Decoction for Eliminating Toxin.

[Documentation]

1. "Medicinal Usage": "It has four uses: to treat wind-dampness urticaria, throat throat heat, disperse swelling and ulcer poison, and to relieve stagnant Qi in the waist and knees."
2. " materia medica steel mesh": "Disinfect macula and papule."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 3~10g. The coldness of the stir-fry is slightly reduced.

[Precaution]

This product is cold in nature, smoothes the intestines and laxative, and should be used with caution by those with qi deficiency and loose stool.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains Great Burdock Achene glycosides, fatty oils, vitamin A, vitamin B1 and alkaloids.

1. Great Burdock Achene decoction has significant antibacterial effects against pneumococci; water immersion agents have varying degrees of inhibitory effects on a variety of dermatophytes that cause nature of disease;
2. Great Burdock Achene has antipyretic and diuretic effects ;
3. Great Burdock Achene has recently been found to have anti-tumor effects. Its crude extract is selectively toxic and can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells at a low dose, making tumor cells closer to normal cells. It may become a powerful anti-cancer crude drug.