What are the taboos of Cuscuta

Many people have never heard of the term "Dodder" in real life. In fact, Dodder is a rootless vine, also called yellow silk. Cuscuta australis is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is a herb that has a very good effect in treating diseases. Few people eat dodder seeds, but they are mostly used as medicine. However, when choosing Cuscuta, you should also pay attention to the contraindications of Cuscuta to avoid physical discomfort:

The efficacy, effects and contraindications of Cuscuta:

Efficacy and function

1. It nourishes the kidney and replenishes essence, nourishes the liver and improves eyesight, strengthens the spleen and consolidates the fetus.

2. It is mainly used to treat low back pain, tinnitus, impotence, spermatorrhea, diabetes, infertility, enuresis, leukorrhea, dizziness, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and restless fetus.

Taboo

It is forbidden to be taken by those with yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, strong yang but not impotence, and dry and hard stool.

Additional prescription

1. To tonify kidney qi, strengthen yang, aid spirit, and lighten waist and legs: one catty of Cuscuta seeds (clean, boil with wine, mash into cakes, and dry), four ounces of Aconite (processed). Grind them into powder, mix with wine paste to make pills the size of walnuts, take 50 pills with wine. (Dodder Seed Pills from Bian Que's Heart Book)

2. To treat low back pain: Take equal parts of Cuscuta australis (soaked in wine) and Eucommia ulmoides (peeled and stir-fried until the fibers are broken). Grind it into fine powder and make pills as big as walnuts with yam paste. Take 50 pills each time, with salt wine or salt soup. (《One Hundred and One Prescriptions》)

3. To treat cold pain in the waist and knees, or numbness and weakness in men: 50 grams of Cuscuta (washed), 50 grams of Achyranthes bidentata. Soak in wine for five days, dry in the sun, grind into powder, add a little more alcohol to the original wine to make a paste, and make into pills as big as barrels. Take 20 pills with an empty stomach and wine. (《Experience Behind》)

The above is an introduction to the contraindications of Cuscuta. It can be seen that Cuscuta is a tonic for weak people, so people with yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire and dry stool should not eat it, otherwise the symptoms of discomfort will become more and more obvious and will have adverse effects on the body. At the same time, when choosing to use Cuscuta australis as medicine, it should be done under the guidance of a professional physician.