What are the effects of Eclipta prostrata

Many plants are very common in our daily life, but few people know the medicinal value of these plants. There are many treasures in our lives. Only by fully understanding the medicinal value of these plants can we thoroughly use this plant to help us regulate our own physical condition and treat diseases that are not easy to treat. So what are the effects of Eclipta prostrata?

1. To treat vomiting blood in a basin: take Houttuynia cordata, urine of children, juice of Huimochun, and lotus root node soup. (《Essentials of the Properties of Raw Medicinal Herbs》)

2. To treat vomiting blood: 4 liang of fresh Houttuynia cordata. Mash it and take it with children's urine; or add raw cypress leaves for better effect. (Records of Collecting Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan)

3. For cough and hemoptysis: 2 liang of fresh Houttuynia cordata. Mash the juice and drink it with boiled water. (Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine Prescriptions)

4. To treat nosebleed: Take a handful of fresh Houttuynia cordata, wash it, mash it and squeeze out the juice. Take five cups of wine and stew it until hot. Drink it warm after meals, twice a day. (Fujian Folk Herbs)

5. Treatment of blood in urine: Plantain leaves and Rhizoma Coptidis leaves. Crush the above two ingredients to get a cup of natural juice and drink it on an empty stomach. Medical Biography)

6. To treat intestinal wind, internal toxins and persistent bleeding: roast the seeds of Eclipta prostrata on a tile and grind into powder. Take 2 qian each time with rice water. (Family Collection of Experienced Prescriptions)

7. To treat heat dysentery: 1 liang of Houttuynia cordata. Decoction in water. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)

8. To treat bleeding from knife wounds: mash fresh Houttuynia cordata and apply it to the wound; grind the dry one into powder and sprinkle it on the wound. (Hunan Pharmacopoeia)

9. To nourish the waist and knees, strengthen the tendons and bones, strengthen the kidney yin, and blacken the beard and hair: take any amount of holly seeds (i.e. Ligustrum lucidum fruits, picked on the winter solstice), dry them in the shade, steam them with honey and wine, leave them overnight, peel them in a coarse bag, dry them in the sun, store them in a clay bottle, take any amount of Eclipta prostrata (picked on the summer solstice), mash them into juice and boil them into a paste, and make them into pills with the previous medicine. Take with wine before going to bed. (Erzhi Pills from Yifang Jijie)

10. To treat migraine: drip snakehead intestine juice into the nose. (The Record of the Holy Spirit)

Currently, the number of businesses selling Chinese herbal medicines on the market is gradually increasing. However, if Chinese herbal medicines are used blindly to treat diseases, it is easy to cause herbal poisoning. At the same time, some fake herbs contain harmful substances that can cause serious harm to the body. Therefore, it is best to pay attention to the identification and distinction of herbs and not buy them blindly.