Honey coltsfoot flower efficacy and function

Many people do not know what kind of plant honey coltsfoot is, but I believe everyone is familiar with winter dandelion. In fact, honey coltsfoot is another name for winter dandelion. As the name suggests, winter dandelion refers to a bud similar to a dandelion flower that grows in winter. Dandelion has extremely high medicinal value. So what specific effects and functions does honey dandelion have on the human body?

Coltsfoot is the first to grow as soon as spring arrives. Even though it is covered with ice and snow, it will still sprout and grow. People collect it in spring to replace vegetables, and it tastes delicious. Interestingly, the ancients had a special method of using coltsfoot flowers to relieve coughs - burning incense to relieve coughs. This method first appeared in the Song Dynasty. However, as medicine becomes more and more advanced, this rather troublesome method of treatment has gradually been eliminated. Coltsfoot, also known as winter flower, is the flower bud of the herbaceous plant coltsfoot of the Asteraceae family. The flower buds are usually dug out from late October to December before the flowers emerge from the ground. It is pungent and warm in nature, and can relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and relieve asthma. When treating cough, asthma or chronic cough, it is often used in combination with Aster ternata, which can eliminate phlegm and relieve gas. Because it is warm in nature, it is suitable for cough caused by cold.

The efficacy and function of honey-roasted coltsfoot flowers

1. Efficacy

This product is the dried flower buds of coltsfoot, a plant of the Asteraceae family.

It is used for new and long-term cough, wheezing and cough with excessive sputum, and cough with blood due to exertion.

Meridians

Return to the lung meridian

Indications

Moistens the lungs and relieves qi, relieves cough and reduces phlegm. It is used for new and long-term cough, wheezing and cough with excessive sputum, and cough with blood due to exertion.

① "Ben Jing": It is used to treat cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, throat congestion, epilepsy, cold and heat evil spirits.

② "Bielu": It is used to treat thirst and shortness of breath.

⑧ "Materia Medica": It is mainly used to treat shortness of breath in the lungs, acute fever, fatigue, incessant coughing, thick and sticky saliva, and treat pulmonary tuberculosis, lung abscess and vomiting of pus.

④ "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): It nourishes the heart and lungs, benefits the five internal organs, relieves restlessness, replenishes fatigue, eliminates phlegm and stops cough, treats pulmonary tuberculosis and vomiting blood, treats heart palpitations, cleanses the liver and improves eyesight, and treats stroke.

⑤ "The Origin of Medicine": Warming the lungs and stopping cough.

⑥ "Bencao Shu": It is used to treat phlegm and fluid, and also for aphonia.

⑦ "Changsha Yaojie": It can reduce adverse effects, break up the spleen and stomach, calm cough and stop wheezing, dredge the throat, cleanse the heart and lungs, and moisturize the throat.

Dosage

For internal use: decoct in water, 3-10g; or make into paste; or make into pills or powder.

For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on the affected area.

2. Pay attention to taboos

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: Apricot kernel is the messenger. It is good to get Aster. It is incompatible with Gleditsia sinensis, Scrophularia ningpoensis and Scrophularia ningpoensis. It is afraid of Fritillaria, Magnolia, Ephedra, Scutellaria, Coptis, Astragalus, and Atractylodes.

2. "Bencao Chongyuan" says: It should not be used for those with burning lung fire or scorched lung qi.

3. "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" says: It is forbidden to use in case of Yin deficiency and cough due to fatigue.