Effects and functions of Ilex iron

There are many Chinese medicines in our lives that we have never heard of. Because we don’t understand or know them, we often use them incorrectly, which can be very embarrassing. The main function of orchid seeds is to treat gout, colds, tonsils, sore throats and gastrointestinal inflammation, and to some extent, it can also have a certain effect on bruises.

Function and indications

Clears away heat, detoxifies, reduces swelling and relieves pain. Used for colds, tonsillitis, sore throat, acute gastroenteritis, rheumatic bone pain; used externally to treat bruises, carbuncles, boils, traumatic bleeding, and burns.

① "Records of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan": Clears away heat and toxins.

② "Nanning City Pharmacopoeia": Cooling and detoxifying. Treats sha syndrome and internal heat. The ointment can be applied to heat sores.

③ Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbal Medicine": clears heat and dampness, reduces swelling and relieves pain. Treat colds and fever, tonsillitis, sore throat, acute gastroenteritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, bruises, and rheumatism. [3]

Additional prescription

① Treating eczema and colic: 2 liang of Jiubiying, 1 liang of Sophora flavescens, 2 liang of Aralia dasyphylla, and 3 liang of Roadside Chrysanthemum. Decoction in water.

②Treatment of exogenous wind-heat headache: decoct one or two grams of Jiubiying in water and take three times a day.

③Treat sore throat: Take 3 grams of Gan Jiu Bi Ying and boil it in water to drink as tea.

④ Treat swelling and pain from falls: Grind 2 qian of the bark of the Chinese jujube tree into powder, add 1 liang of white sugar, and drink it with boiled water.

⑤Treat burns and scalds: Grind the dried herbs into powder, mix with cold boiled water to make a paste, and apply five to six times a day. (②The following prescriptions are from "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine")

⑥Treatment of general gastric cancer: 3 grams of Ilex ironii, 5 grams of egg shell, 3 grams of scarlet Schisandra chinensis, 3 grams of Bletilla striata, 1 gram of Acorus calamus. Grind them into fine powder, take 5 cents each time, twice a day, after meals. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbs")