What are the effects and functions of Tianjihuang

Tianjihuang is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. It has many names, and the name is different in each place, so many friends don’t know much about it. In fact, traditional Chinese medicine has a certain regulating effect on our body, especially when combined with other traditional Chinese medicines, the effect will be better, so we must first understand some of its effects and contraindications. So what are the effects and functions of Tianjihuang?

1. To treat cold, asthma, chills and fever caused by malaria: 2 qian each of Tianjihuang and Realgar. Mash it into a paste, cover it in a bowl, wait until it turns green, and make rice balls as big as walnuts. Take nine pills each time, on an empty stomach with salt water. (The Divine Prescription for the Longevity Domain)

2. To treat snake bites: 1. Soak Tianjihuang in liquor and apply it on the affected area. (Lingnan Herbal Medicine) ㈡ One or two liang of fresh Tianjihuang, mash and squeeze out the juice, add one liang of sweet wine to mix and drink. After taking it, cover yourself with a quilt and go to sleep to sweat slightly. For severe poison, take twice a day. And apply crushed fresh Tianjihuang around the wound. (Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine Prescriptions)

3. To treat carbuncle and all positive swellings: take an appropriate amount of fresh Rhizoma Coptidis, add a few grains of salt and mash them together. Apply to the affected area. Yellow water will ooze out and the area will gradually heal. (Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine Prescriptions)

4. To treat mastitis: take appropriate amount of fresh Rhizoma Cibotii, mash it and apply it to the affected area. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine)

5. To treat unknown swelling and infection: mash the yellow leaves of Tianji and add wine to apply to the affected area. (Lingnan Herbal Medicine)

6. To treat throat moth: take a ball of fresh field yellow as big as an egg, put it in a porcelain bowl, add 3 liang of good liquor, pound it until it is very soft, squeeze out the juice, hold it in your mouth three times, each time hold it for about 10 to 20 minutes before spitting it out.

7. Treatment of red eyes or cataracts: 1. Wash fresh Tianjihuang, crush it into a small pill, and stuff it into the nasal cavity. For the affected left eye, stuff it into the right nostril, and for the affected right eye, stuff it into the left nostril. Change it every three or four hours. ㈡ Take an appropriate amount of fresh Rhizoma Coptidis, mash it, apply it on the eyelids, cover it with gauze, and change the dressing twice a day.

8. To treat swelling and pain caused by bruises, sprains and sprains: add one pound of Tianjihuang to three pounds of water, boil until one and a half pounds remain, filter it, add three cups of water to the residue and boil it again until it is half the size. Then mix the two filtrates together, concentrate it to one pound over a low heat, and bottle it for later use. When using, soak the cotton wool in the medicine solution, take it out and apply it to the affected area.

9. To treat jaundice, edema, and difficulty urinating: 1 liang of Tianjihuang and 1 liang of Imperata root. Decoction in water and take twice with sugar. (6. The following recipe is from "Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine Prescription")

10. To treat unilateral abdominal distension: 3g each of Rhizoma Cibotii and Houttuynia cordata, 4g of Rhubarb, and 6g of Citrus aurantium. Decoction in water, take for five consecutive days, one dose a day; later add two more ingredients, Rhizoma Cibotii and Centella asiatica, remove rhubarb from the original formula, add Shenqu, malt, and Amomum villosum, and take it for ten consecutive days; finally, make this formula into small pills, take five cents each time, and take it for half a month. Eat less salt during treatment. (Lingnan Herbal Medicine)

11. To treat diarrhea caused by damp-heat: Take 1 liang of Tianjihuang, decocted in water and taken orally. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbs")

12. To treat dysentery: boil 2 liang of raw Tianjihuang in water and add brown sugar for oral administration.

13. To treat appendicitis: 8 liang of Tianjihuang, add appropriate amount of cooking wine, mash it and boil it in water, take it five times a day, mix the residue with a little rice wine, and apply it to the affected area.

14. To treat acute otitis media: pound the herb Tianjihuang, squeeze out the juice, mix with a little wine and drip into the ear. (The following 12 prescriptions are from Lingnan Herbal Medicine)

15. To treat ascites caused by late-stage schistosomiasis and edema caused by nephritis: decocted and taken with 1 to 2 liang of Tianjihuang. (Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Shanghai)

16. To treat vertigo caused by Xuefang 846 or streptomycin: Take 1 liang of Tianjihuang with Eclipta prostrata, Angelica dahurica, Plantago, Ligustrum lucidum and Viola yedoensis, and decoct it for oral administration. (Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Shanghai)

The above is an introduction to the effects and functions of Tianjihuang. If you have the above symptoms, you can eat Tianjihuang to relieve them. When eating Tianjihuang, it is generally used for boiling. Some people also regard it as a health product to drink. Because Tianjihuang is a medicine, it is best not to eat it for a long time.