The efficacy and function of Tongcao

Herbs are very helpful in treating diseases, and the use of herbs to treat diseases has been around for thousands of years. From a very early time, people chose this method to treat diseases. According to the medicinal properties of different herbs, different diseases were treated. Therefore, now we can choose herbs to treat diseases and improve them. Tongcao is such a choice. What are the effects and functions of Tongcao?

Many people don’t know much about the effects and functions of Tongcao. When choosing such medicine, you need to be careful and cannot use it casually. You must understand it and then use it so that the disease can be improved and will not continue to develop.

The efficacy and function of Tongcao:

The seeds of the herb contain fatty acids, liquid paraffin (nujols), oleyl alcohol and sterols: △5,7-sterol (△5,7-sterol), dihydro-β-sitosterol (dihydro-β-sitosterol) and the like.

Tongcao can also treat nasal congestion. When you can't smell anything due to breath blockage, you can grind Tongcao, Asarum and Aconite into equal amounts, mix them with honey, wrap them in cloth and stuff them into the nose.

Tongcao can clear away heat and promote diuresis, ventilate and promote lactation. It is used to treat damp-heat red urine, gonorrhea and painful urine, edema and oliguria, milk retention, amenorrhea and leucorrhea, etc.

Tongcao can be used for cold syndrome. The syndrome of Jue Han is caused by insufficient blood in the Jueyin liver of the body, which is affected by the cold pathogen. Qi and blood are blocked by the cold and cannot flow smoothly. The blood cannot flow to the limbs, the pulses are not full of qi and blood, and the internal organs are deprived of nourishment due to the blockage of the meridians.

Tongcao is used for internal dampness and heat, short and dark urine, or painful and dripping urine. However, it has a weak smell and a slow effect. It can be used together with Akebia and Talc.

This product is cylindrical, 20 to 40 cm long and 1 to 2.5 cm in diameter. The surface is white or light yellow with shallow longitudinal grooves. It is light, soft, slightly elastic, easy to break, with a flat cross section and a silvery-white luster. There is a hollow or translucent film with a diameter of 0.3 to 1.5 cm in the middle. The longitudinal section is arranged in a ladder shape, and solid ones are rare. Odorless and tasteless.

For the treatment of insufficient milk, it can be boiled into a soup with pig's trotters, pangolin, Chuanxiong, licorice, etc. Boiling tongcao with crucian carp or pig's trotters will have a better effect on increasing milk production. Add tongcao and two seahorses, wrap them in gauze, and put them in an old hen's stomach and cook them vigorously. This will have the best effect on increasing milk production.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of the effects and functions of Tongcao. Such medicine is very effective in treating diseases, and such herbs can also be added to the diet. It can improve the lack of milk for some women after giving birth. Therefore, such medicine is a safe choice and will not damage your health.