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[Nature and flavor] Sweet and light in taste, slightly cold in nature.

[return through meridians] Returns to the lung and stomach meridians.

【Function】It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, ventilating and promoting lactation.

[Main Indications] It is commonly used to treat urinary problems, gonorrhea, edema, breast milk retention in postpartum women, blurred vision, and nasal congestion. Symptoms include damp-heat stranguria, edema, oliguria, and breast milk retention.

【Usage and Dosage】3~5g.

[Contraindications] Use with caution in pregnant women.

【Medical records】

"Shennong's Herbal Classic": It eliminates cold and heat in the spleen and stomach, dredges the blood vessels and joints of the nine orifices, makes people remember, and removes evil insects.

"Rihuazi Materia Medica": "It improves eyesight, reduces fever, promotes labor, promotes the secretion of the uterus, and promotes lactation."

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is good for urination and can also detoxify various drugs."

"Medical Origin" says: "It can eliminate edema, stranguria and five types of stranguria. "Secrets of Main Treatments" says that it can drain the lungs."

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It can treat blurred vision, deafness, nasal congestion and loss of voice."

"Changsha Yaojie": "It can relieve amenorrhea, treat jaundice, eliminate carbuncle, relieve nasal carbuncle, and relieve irritability."

"Bie Lu": It can treat spleen jaundice, frequent sleepiness, restlessness, hiccups, and uttering of sounds; it can cure deafness, disperse carbuncles and swellings, as well as wounds caused by wounds, fractures, nasal polyps, induce abortion, and remove three kinds of worms.

【Predecessors release medicine】

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Tongcao is white in color and cold in nature, light in taste and light in body, so it enters the Taiyin Lung Meridian, draws heat downward and facilitates urination; it enters the Yangming Stomach Meridian, ventilates upward and descends milk; its nature is cold, so it descends, and its taste is light, so it ascends."

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "The smell of Tongcao is described by Li Dongyuan in "The Image of Using Medicines" as sweet and mild and non-toxic. The word "sweet" here does not mean very sweet, but actually means light, such as spring water and rice are both said to be sweet. This thing has no smell and taste, and is used with light taste, so it can clear the meridians, clear heat and promote diuresis. Its nature is similar to that of Akebia, but it is not bitter, so its power of purging and descending is slow and not harsh. Although it can clear the meridians, it does not hurt the yin very much, and it is suitable for those with mild dampness and heat. If the symptoms of severe heat and stagnation are blocked, it will not be as effective as Akebia. Dongyuan said that it can benefit the yin orifices, treat the five stranguria, and eliminate edema and stranguria, but it can only be effective for mild symptoms. It is also said that it can purge the lungs and promote urination, and it has the same effect as Dengcao. They are all white in color and have light and clear smell, so they can also go up, purge the heat of the lungs, and open the upper orifices, so the lower orifices will benefit themselves, which is also acceptable."

American Chinese herbal medicine Tongcao wild Tongcao Datongcao breast milk 50g

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1. The medicine jar must be cleaned

When decocting Chinese medicine, the medicinal juice is concentrated due to evaporation of water, and a layer of medicinal scale often accumulates at the bottom and around the medicine pot. If the decocted medicine in the medicine pot is often changed, and the accumulated medicinal scale is not wiped off in time, the medicinal scale will dissolve when the new medicine is decocted, interfering with and reducing the efficacy of the medicine, and even delaying the treatment of the disease. Especially if highly toxic medicines or external medicines that cannot be eaten have been decocted before, it may cause poisoning.

In addition, if the Chinese medicine is not cleaned immediately after each decoction, the scale at the bottom of the medicine pot will become thicker and thicker, and it will easily burn when the medicine is re-decocted, thus losing its efficacy.

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