What is Tongcao

Many people may not have heard of the name Tongcao, which is not surprising because it is the name of a Chinese herbal medicine. A pharmacy compares your medicine. This plant prefers a cool growing environment and is generally distributed in the southern region. It is usually a sun-dried product, so it doesn’t smell special. If taken as medicine, it will taste a bit bitter and is essentially cool in nature.

The role of Tongcao in traditional Chinese medicine is to regulate the body's internal environment and maintain the coordinated work of various parts of the body. If you have difficulty urinating or have less breast milk, you can take this medicine by decocting it, but you must do so under the doctor's advice.

【Medicine name】：Tongcao

[Other names]: Koutuo, Linan, Huochu, Yishang, Tongtuo wood, onion grass, white tongcao, tonghua, flower grass, Datongcao, Tonghai, Paotong, Wujiafeng, Kuanchang, Datongta, Damutong, Wujiaojiapi, Tonghua Wujia, Daye Wujiapi

【Classification】：Araliaceae

[Resource Distribution]: Distributed in the southwest and Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[Ecological environment]: Grown in sunny and fertile soil at an altitude of 10-2800m, or cultivated in gardens.

[Efficacy classification]: Diuretic and heat-clearing, ventilating and lactating.

【Nature and flavor】: sweet; light; slightly cold.

[return through meridians]: enters lung and stomach meridians.

【Effects and Functions】: Clears the meridians and promotes diuresis; promotes lactation. It is mainly used for painful and astringent urination; difficulty urinating; edema; jaundice; damp-heat disease; short and dark urine; insufficient milk after childbirth; amenorrhea; leucorrhea. It is used for red urine due to damp-heat, painful and astringent urine due to gonorrhea, edema, oliguria, and lack of milk.

The above is some basic information about Tongcao. I hope you can learn more about Chinese herbal medicine, which will be beneficial to you. Another thing to note about Tongcao is that because Tongcao is relatively cold in nature, pregnant women cannot take this medicine, and those with weak bodies should also not take it.