The efficacy and function of Gangmei

Since Chinese medicine has fewer side effects, more and more people now want to use Chinese medicine to regulate their bodies. Here I would like to introduce to you a medicinal herb, Gangmei, hoping it will be helpful to you.

[Other names] Dianchengxing, Chengxing tree, native licorice, mountain plum root, false green plum, white dot scale, Tianxing wood, scale star tree, Baijie tea

[Source] Ilex asprella (Hook. et Arn.) Champ. ex Benth., a plant of the genus Ilex in the Aquifoliaceae family, is used as medicine with its roots and leaves . It can be harvested throughout the year, washed, sliced ​​and dried.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, sweet, and cool.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies, promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst. Used for colds, high fever and thirst, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, tracheitis, whooping cough, enteritis, dysentery, infectious hepatitis, wild mushroom and arsenic poisoning. It is the main raw material for herbal tea; the leaves are used externally to treat bruises, carbuncles, boils and swellings.

[Usage and Dosage] 0.5-1 liang; Apply an appropriate amount of leaves externally, mash them and apply to the affected area.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

In order to let more friends know about Gangmei, you can introduce it to your friends around you so that more people will know how to use this medicine.