What are the medicinal values ​​of Tongcao

Perhaps most people don't know what Tongcao is. The main reason is that it is difficult for us to see this substance in normal times. Basically, Tongcao can only be seen in doctors' prescriptions. In fact, Tongcao is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. This kind of traditional Chinese medicine itself looks more like a wick. Most of them are used to help pregnant women increase their milk supply. If you have insufficient milk, you can take some Tongcao, which can make your milk more sufficient.

1. Tongcao can treat stranguria caused by heat and whose urination is similar to that caused by safflower juice: 3 liang of Tongcao, 1 liter of sunflower seeds, 4 liang of talc (crushed), and 2 liang of stone reed. Cut the above pieces, add six liters of water, boil and take two liters, remove the residue, divide into three portions and take while warm; if a person walks eight or nine miles, take another dose. Avoid eating spicy food, hot noodles, roasted or fried foods. (Tongcao Yinzi from Puji Fang)

2. Tongcao can promote lactation: Tongtu wood and small ginseng can be stewed with pig's feet. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)

3. Tongcao can cure yellow swelling and transparent skin all over the body. It can also treat kidney swelling: take equal parts of Tongcao (roasted and dried with honey) and Muzhuling (peeled off). Grind the above ingredients into fine powder and add a little ground earthworm and musk. Take half a penny or one penny each time, mixed with rice drink. (Tongcao powder from "Children's Health General Micro-discussion Prescription")

4. Tongcao can treat nasal abscess, breath obstruction, loss of smell, and polyps: Mutong, Asarum, and Aconitum (fried, peeled and navel removed) in equal parts. Grind the above ingredients into powder and mix with honey. Wrap a small amount in cotton and put it into the nose. (Tongcao powder from Sanyin Fang)

5. Tongcao can treat vomiting after typhoid fever: 3 liang of Tongcao, 1 liter of raw reed root (cut), 1 liang of tangerine peel, and 3 he of polished rice. Boil the above four ingredients with 5 liters of water, take out 2 liters and drink it casually; if it does not work, repeat the process until it works. (Qianjin Fang)

Tongcao is used to treat damp-heat diseases. Tongcao can be used together with coix seed, cardamom seed, and bamboo leaf. For low milk supply, 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; adding tongcao to two seahorses, wrapping them in gauze, and boiling them in an old hen's belly will have the best effect on increasing milk production. Tongcao is used for internal accumulation of damp-heat, short and red urine, or painful and dripping urine, but it has a light smell and a slow effect. It can be used together with Akebia, Talcum, etc.; for treating damp-heat symptoms, it can be used together with Coix seed, Cardamom seed; Bamboo leaves, etc. For the treatment of insufficient milk, it can be boiled into a soup with pig's trotters, pangolin, Chuanxiong, licorice, etc.

However, Tongcao does not only have this kind of medicinal value. It can also be used to treat some diseases. For example, nasal diseases. If you feel that your nasal breathing is not very smooth and there are some polyps in your nose, you can use a combination of Chinese and Western medicine to treat it. Chinese medicine must use Tongcao to achieve the effect, and it basically takes half a month to have a medicinal effect.