What is the medicinal value of Hosta?

What is the medicinal value of hosta? This is a flower that we are not very familiar with. It is a lily plant, which is mainly used in traditional Chinese medicine. Generally, Chinese medicine believes that hosta has certain effects on nourishing yin, promoting body fluid and clearing the lungs, especially for relieving sore throat. Now let us learn about the medicinal value of hosta through the following text, I hope it will be helpful to our friends.

The whole plant of Hosta can be used as medicine. The flower has the functions of promoting diuresis, regulating menstruation and stopping leucorrhea. The root has the functions of clearing away heat and reducing swelling, detoxifying and relieving pain. The leaves can detoxify and reduce swelling.

Sore throat: decocted 10g of Hosta flower and 20g of Forsythia flower in water; add appropriate amount of sugar to 3g of Hosta flower, mix well, marinate for half a day, put into a porcelain cup, brew with boiling water, and drink as tea when warm.

Lung heat, cough, and blood in sputum: stew 30 grams of fresh Hosta root in water, extract the juice and take it with rock sugar.

Dysmenorrhea: 20 grams of Hosta flower, 25 grams of brown sugar, and 3 grams of ginger, decocted in water and taken orally.

Difficulty urinating: put 5 grams of Hosta flower and 15 grams of Imperata flower into a porcelain cup in 3 times, brew with boiling water, and drink as tea when warm; 9 grams of Hosta flower, 12 grams each of Polygonum multiflorum and Plantain, decocted in water and taken orally.

Menorrhagia and excessive leucorrhea: Grind 30 grams of Hosta flowers into fine powder, mix with 250 grams of honey, and drink with warm water, 1 tablespoon each time.

For stubborn ulcers: Soak hosta leaves in rice soup or boiling water until softened, then apply to the affected area, changing them three times a day.

For sores, boils, swelling and pain: Take appropriate amounts of fresh hosta root and fresh dandelion, mash them and apply to the affected area.

Scrofula (cervical lymphadenopathy): Take appropriate amount of Hosta flower root, mash it and apply it to the affected area.

Burns: Soak 10 grams of Hosta flowers in 40 grams of sesame oil. Wash the wound clean and apply the oil to the affected area with sterilized cotton.

Remove freckles: Pick dewy hosta flowers in the early morning and squeeze them into juice. Apply the juice on your face after washing it, and apply it twice a day.

Through the above introduction, we know the medicinal value of Hosta. Such plants mainly grow in dark and humid places, but now they are mainly cultivated artificially. Although their effects are not as obvious as those in the wild, they are particularly effective in clearing heat and promoting diuresis in traditional Chinese medicine. They are mainly used in various prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine.