Ephedra, forsythia, Scutellaria barbata, purpurea, cassia twig, skullcap, Phellodendron, duckweed, Hedyotis diffusa, motherwort, the medicinal properties and functions of these Chinese herbal medicines

Ephedra

Nature and flavor: Warm in nature, pungent and slightly bitter.

Functions and Indications: Sweating and dispersing cold, relieving lungs and relieving asthma, diuresis and reducing swelling. It is used for colds, chest tightness, wheezing and cough, feng shui edema, and bronchial asthma.

Notes: Among the plants of the same genus, the herbaceous stems of E.intermedia Schrenk et C.A.Mey. and Eequisetina Bge. are also used for medicinal purposes.

Forsythia suspensa

The nature, flavor and meridians are bitter and slightly cold. Returns to the lung, heart and small intestine meridians.

Functions and Indications: Clear away heat, detoxify, reduce swelling and resolve stagnation. It is used for carbuncle, scrofula, mastitis, erysipelas, wind-heat cold, onset of febrile disease, warm-heat entering the camp, high fever and polydipsia, coma and spots, and stranguria due to heat.

Scutellaria barbata

[Nature and flavor] Pungent, flat.

1: "Guangxi Medicinal Plant Map" has a pungent and slightly fishy taste, is neutral in nature, and is non-toxic.

2: "Nanning Drug Chronicle" sweet, flat, non-toxic.

3: "Jiangxi Folk Herbal Prescriptions" is mild in nature, slightly bitter in taste, and non-toxic.

4: Guangzhou Army's "Commonly Used Traditional Chinese Medicine Handbook" is slightly bitter and cool.

[Indications] Clear heat, detoxify, dissipate blood stasis, stop bleeding, relieve pain, treat vomiting blood, nose bleeding, bloody stranguria, dysentery, jaundice, sore throat, lung abscess, boils, scrofula, sores , cancer, bruises, cuts, snake bites.

Principe of Purpurea

Bitter, acrid, cold, non-toxic; it is directed to the heart and liver meridians.

Functions and Indications: It can be used as medicine. It is cold in nature and slightly bitter in taste. It can clear away heat and detoxify, cool blood and reduce swelling. Mainly used to treat jaundice, dysentery, mastitis, red and swollen eyes, pharyngitis; external application to treat bruises, carbuncles, snake bites, etc.

Guizhi

The nature and flavor of Guizhi are pungent, sweet, and warm. It returns to the heart, lung, and bladder meridians.

Effects: It induces sweating and relieves external symptoms, warms the meridians and relieves pain, and helps Yang Hua Qi.

Scutellaria baicalensis

Nature, flavor and meridians are bitter and cold. Returns to the lung, gallbladder, spleen, large intestine and small intestine meridians.

Functions and Indications: Clearing away heat and drying dampness, purging fire and detoxifying, stopping bleeding, and preventing miscarriage. It is used for chest tightness and vomiting due to dampness and heat, dampness and fullness, diarrhea, jaundice, lung-heat cough, high fever and polydipsia, blood-heat vomiting and epistaxis, carbuncle and sore, and uneasy fetal movement.

Phellodendron Cortex

Functions and Indications: Clearing away heat and drying dampness, purging fire and removing steam, detoxifying and treating sores. It is used for damp-heat diarrhea, jaundice, leucorrhea, hot stranguria, athlete's foot, impotence, bone steaming and labor fever, night sweats, spermatorrhea, sores, swollen poison, eczema and itching. Salt cork nourishes yin and reduces fire. Used for yin deficiency and excessive fire, night sweats and bone steaming.

The nature and flavor are bitter and cold. Returns to the kidney and bladder meridians.

Duckweed

Indications: Treatment of hot carbuncles, opaque macules, painful wind-heat rash, skin itching, edema, amenorrhea, ringworm, erysipelas, and burns.

Meridian distribution of nature and flavor: pungent, cold. ① "Herbal Classic": "It tastes pungent and cold." ② "Bielu": "Sour, non-toxic." ③ "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Cold in nature, bitter in taste." ④ "Yilin Compiled Essentials": " Pungent, flat, salty. "

Hedyotis diffusa

Meridian distribution of nature and flavor: cold; slightly bitter, sweet; returns to the stomach, large intestine, and liver meridians

Functions and Indications: Clearing heat and detoxifying, diuresis and treating stranguria. Carbuncles, sores, sore throat, poisonous snake bites, hot stranguria and astringent pain.

Leonurus

The property and flavor are bitter, acrid and slightly cold. Returns to liver and pericardium meridians.

It functions mainly to promote blood circulation and regulate menstruation, diuresis and reduce swelling. Used for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, persistent lochia, edema and oliguria; acute nephritis and edema.

This is the function of these herbs, but they are used for bathing... I don’t know~~~!