What are the effects and functions of cockscomb

Cockscomb is now used to help treat leucorrhea, or metrorrhagia, and it also has the effect of clearing away wind and reducing fever. However, we all know that this kind of medicine must not be used blindly, because sometimes blind use can easily cause more adverse effects. When you really need to use cockscomb, you should pay attention to its usage methods and use it under the guidance of a professional doctor.

[Effects and functions of cockscomb]:

Cool blood; stop bleeding. It is used to treat hemorrhoidal bleeding, dysentery with red and white discharge, vomiting blood, coughing up blood, hematuria, metrorrhagia in women, and leucorrhea with red and white discharge. Used for vomiting blood, metrorrhagia, blood in the stool, hemorrhoidal bleeding, leucorrhea, and chronic dysentery.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": Stops intestinal bleeding, metrorrhagia, leukorrhea and dysentery in women.

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": Treats hemorrhoids, bleeding, leucorrhea, metrorrhagia, and leucorrhea. It can be used in red and white forms.

③ "Yuzhuo Yaojie": Clears away wind and reduces fever, stops nosebleed and replenishes blood. Treats vomiting blood, metrorrhagia, hematuria and other blood loss symptoms.

【Additional prescription】：

① Treat five types of hemorrhoids, swelling and pain around the anus, or swelling and pain in the breast, or swelling in the acupoints, or sores that do not heal for a long time and turn into fistulas: one liang each of Cockscomb and Wind Eye Grass. The top is coarse. Use half a liang of coarse powder and half a bowl of water, boil it for three to five times, and wash the affected area with the hot water. (Linxiu Jiguansan from "Health Treasure Mirror")

②To treat red and white diarrhea: boil cockscomb in wine and drink it, use red for red and white for white. (Binghu Collection of Simple Prescriptions)

③Treatment of rectal prolapse caused by bleeding: ㈠ Cockscomb and Saposhnikovia divaricata in equal parts. Grind into powder, make into pills the size of walnuts. Take 70 pills each time on an empty stomach with rice water. ㈡ White cockscomb (fried), ash of euphorbia pulcherrima, and Notopterygium wilfordii (each), one liang. Grind into powder, take 2 qian each time, with rice water. (Yongleiqianfang)

④Treatment of vomiting blood: Soak white cockscomb in vinegar and boil seven times, then grind into powder. Take 2 qian each time, with hot wine. (Experience Prescription)

⑤For treating coughing up blood and vomiting blood: add 5-8 qian of fresh white cockscomb (2-5 qian of dried one) and pig lung (do not add water), add boiling water and stew for about one hour, take in two or three times after meals. (Quanzhou Materia Medica)

The above detailed analysis introduces the therapeutic effects of cockscomb. When we recognize and understand its effects, it can achieve a better effect in helping to solve some physical diseases, and it can also reduce some adverse effects and harms, which is of course better for our health.