What are the effects and functions of Tianjiang Shell

Tianjiang shell is the fruit shell of the Asclepiadaceae plant, but in fact its efficacy and medicinal value are very high. For common coughs with sputum, asthma, whooping cough, measles and other phenomena, if Tianjiang shell can be used correctly, it can quickly play a therapeutic effect. It can also treat bruises and traumatic bleeding. Therefore, everyone can know and understand more about its effects.

[Other names]: Tianjiang shell (New Reference for Medicinal Pieces), Luoluo pod (Pharmaceutical Science).

[Source]: It is the fruit shell of the Asclepiadaceae plant Asclepiadaceae. The ripe fruits are harvested in autumn, the shells are peeled and dried.

[Original shape]: Dried fruit shell, opened in half like a boat, with a blunt base and a visible fruit stalk or a circular scar from shedding; the other end gradually becomes narrower and longer, with the top curled up; about 7 to 10 cm long and about 4 cm wide. The pericarp is about 1.5 mm thick, the outer surface is yellow-green with fibrous texture and wart-like protrusions; the inner surface is yellow-white, smooth and moist. The fiber is strong and not easy to break. Odorless. The best ones are dry, large, complete, green-yellow in color, and free of impurities.

Function and indication: Clears the lungs and resolves phlegm; disperses blood stasis and stops bleeding. Cough with a lot of sputum; asthma; whooping cough; epilepsy; measles that do not break out; traumatic injury; bleeding due to trauma

[Usage and Dosage]: For oral use: decoction, 6-9g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars]: 1. "New Reference to Medicinal Pieces": Softens hard masses, resolves phlegm, clears the lungs, treats lung wind, phlegm and asthma, and calms epilepsy.

2. "Compilation of Medicinal Materials": Treat measles in children.

3. Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbal Medicine": Treats lung wind, phlegm, asthma, and injury and bleeding.

4. "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Shanghai": expectorant, cough suppressant, and asthma reliever. Treats cough with excessive sputum, asthma, whooping cough, measles with poor eruption, and fever and cough.

After understanding the effects and functions of Tianjiang shell introduced above, everyone should pay attention to these common sense issues. Normally, if the body has symptoms such as asthma, whooping cough, epilepsy, and measles, it can be used correctly to treat and solve them, because we all know that using such a plant medicine can effectively avoid side effects.