First, Houttuynia cordata is pungent and cold, belonging to the lung meridian. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and causing sores, promoting diuresis and removing dampness, clearing away heat and stopping dysentery, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, and can be used for treating spleen and stomach heat accumulation caused by lung abscess, sore swelling, hemorrhoid, hematochezia, excess heat, heat toxin, dampness evil and disease heat. Modern pharmacological experiments show that this product has antibacterial, antiviral, immune enhancing and diuretic effects.

Second, sexual taste.

Don't record: Xin, lukewarm.

Yan Lu Materia Medica: Cool and nontoxic.

Southern Yunnan herbs: cold in nature and bitter in taste.

Outline: pungent, slightly warm and slightly toxic.

Compendium of Medicinal Forests: Xi 'an, Gan Xin. [ 1]

Third, channel tropism

Materia Medica Classic: Starting from Taiyin Classic.

Herbal rejuvenation: entering the liver and lungs. [ 1]

Fourth, the curative effect of indications

Clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence. Treat pneumonia, lung abscess, dysentery, malaria, edema, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, carbuncle, hemorrhoid, proctoptosis, eczema, alopecia and scabies. [ 1]

Verb (abbreviation of verb) usage and dosage

For oral administration: decocted, 3 ~ 5 yuan (fresh 1 ~ 2 Liang); Or mash the juice. External use: decoction, fumigation or mashing. [ 1]

Sixth, drug treatment should be avoided.

Deficiency cold syndrome and negative external choice should not be taken.

"No recording": Eating too much makes people breathless.

Meng Wei: Long-term consumption will make people weak, damage the yang and eliminate essence.