Houttuynia cordata Thunb Has a long history of medicine. Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica that this is the thing? Its leaves have a fishy smell, so it is commonly known as Houttuynia cordata Thunb, which can clear away heat and toxic materials and cure carbuncle? ; And the time when Houttuynia cordata said it could be solved in Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan? Lung abscess, cough with purulent blood, foul smell in sputum, and toxic heat in large intestine? . In the practical application of modern medicine, Houttuynia cordata mainly has the following functions.
1, Houttuynia cordata Thunb can relieve cough and asthma caused by lung heat.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb He is good at clearing away lung heat, toxin and fire evil, and has a good improvement effect on cough and asthma caused by lung heat and lung dryness.
In addition, Houttuynia cordata Thunb. also has good effects, such as some common acute and chronic tracheitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis and pulmonary inflammation. Houttuynia cordata Thunb The compatibility of Cortex Mori, Radix Peucedani, Scutellariae Radix and Radix Platycodi is commonly used in clinic. It can not only clear and protect the lungs, but also eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.
2. Houttuynia cordata can relieve the symptoms of lung abscess.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb has a good effect of eliminating carbuncle and expelling pus, and Houttuynia cordata Thunb can walk the lung meridian best, so it has a good effect of relieving lung carbuncle.
For example, heat toxin stays in the lung for a long time, resulting in phlegm and pus in the lung, or lung abscess with purulent blood and cough. Houttuynia cordata can often see good results when it is used as medicine.
It is recorded in ancient books that decocting Houttuynia cordata with Platycladus orientalis leaves, Trichosanthes root and other medicinal materials for oral administration has a good effect on relieving lung abscess and purulent blood; Or take it directly with fresh Houttuynia cordata juice, which also has a good effect.
3. Houttuynia cordata Thunb can relieve the symptoms of heat sores.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb In addition to entering the lung meridian, it also has a good effect on clearing away heat toxin in the lung. For example, Houttuynia cordata Thunb. It can also be used as a medicine for treating skin swelling, sore, furuncle, furuncle and parotitis caused by heat toxin stagnation.
For example, it is recorded in some ancient prescriptions that fresh Houttuynia cordata Thunb is mashed and externally applied with sores, furuncles and furuncles, and it can be cured in one or two days; Or have the symptoms of sores, carbuncles and swelling, grind the dried houttuynia cordata into fine powder, mix it with honey and apply it externally, which has the effect of reducing swelling and expelling pus. In addition, Houttuynia cordata Thunb can also be used as medicine to treat some common symptoms of redness, swelling and heat toxicity caused by insect and snake bites.
Houttuynia cordata can relieve the symptoms of damp heat in the body.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb not only has a good effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, but also has a certain diuretic and stranguria-removing effect, and also has a good relieving effect on some common damp-heat diseases.
For example, stranguria caused by damp-heat accumulation in bladder, Houttuynia cordata combined with Lygodium japonicum, Lysimachia christinae, Plantago and other medicinal materials, the effect is good. In some folk places, people directly use Houttuynia cordata Thunb to boil water instead of making tea, which also has a good alleviating effect on damp-heat stranguria and urinary tract infection.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb can also play an effective role in some diseases of damp-heat dysentery caused by intestinal damp-heat. In traditional Chinese medicine, Houttuynia cordata is often combined with Cortex Phellodendri and Rhizoma Coptidis to relieve the symptoms of damp-heat dysentery, and it is recorded in some folk prescriptions that Houttuynia cordata and Hawthorn charcoal decoction also have a good relieving effect on damp-heat dysentery.
There is also a common symptom of damp-heat jaundice, and Houttuynia cordata can also be used with various drugs. In some folk places, a large amount of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. is directly decocted with white sugar, and it will take effect in a week or so. In traditional Chinese medicine, Houttuynia cordata is often used in combination with Gardenia, Artemisia capillaris, Scutellaria baicalensis and other medicinal materials, and also has a good effect on damp-heat jaundice.