Drinking water soaked with euphorbia pulex to treat bad breath

Euphorbia obesa is a common Chinese medicinal plant in my country with high medicinal effects, such as treating colds and coughs, treating herpes, and relieving gastroenteritis. In life, many people suffer from bad breath, which directly affects a person's external impression. Drinking water soaked with ground ivy to treat bad breath is a folk remedy, but it is very effective. The editor will explain the ground ivy to you in detail.

Dijincao, a traditional Chinese medicine name. It is the dried whole herb of Euphorbiaceae plants Euphorbia cerasifera or Euphorbia maculata, which is harvested in summer and autumn, impurities are removed and the plant is sun-dried. The ground ivy is often wrinkled and curled. The roots are small. The stem is thin and forked-branched, with a purple-red surface, smooth and hairless or sparsely covered with white fine hairs; it is brittle and easy to break, with a yellow-white cross section and is hollow. The simple leaves are opposite, oblong when flattened, green or purple-red, glabrous or with sparse hairs, with small serrations or wavy edges. Cup-shaped cymes are axillary and small. The capsule is triangular spherical with a smooth surface. The seeds are small, oval, and brown. Odorless, slightly astringent taste.

Medicinal effects of Herba Epimedii

【Medicine name】Herb

[Alias] Milkweed, ground weed, ground red, blood-seeing sorrow, egg-laying grass, bird's egg-laying, insect's egg-laying.

[Medicinal part] The dried whole herb of Euphorbiaceae plants Parthenocissus or Parthenocissus maculatus.

[Nature and flavor] Spicy, neutral in nature.

[return through meridians]return the liver and large intestine meridians.

【Effects】Clears away heat and detoxifies, cools blood and stops bleeding, promotes dampness and reduces jaundice.

[Indications] Used for dysentery, diarrhea, hemoptysis, hematuria, bloody stool, metrorrhagia, sores, furuncles, carbuncles, and jaundice due to damp-heat.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 10-15g, if fresh, 15-30g; or made into powder. For external use: appropriate amount, crush fresh product and apply or grind into powder and sprinkle.

[Contraindications] Use with caution in patients with blood deficiency without stasis and weak spleen and stomach.

Effects and methods of ground ivy

1. Treat cold and cough

30 grams of fresh ground ivy, 30 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of forsythia, 10 grams of platycodon, 10 grams of almond, and 10 grams of licorice. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, divided into morning and evening.

2. Treat herpes zoster

30 grams of fresh ground ivy and 30 grams of fresh purslane. Mash the juice and apply it to the affected area twice a day.

3. Treat sore throat

30 grams of fresh ground ivy, 30 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of forsythia, 10 grams of sophora flavescens, and 6 grams of mint. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, divided into morning and evening.

4. Treat gastroenteritis

30 grams of fresh ground ivy, 10 grams of Atractylodes lancea, 10 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 10 grams of white peony root, and 6 grams of licorice. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, divided into morning and evening.

5. Treat damp-heat jaundice

30 grams of Herba Epimedii, 30 grams of Artemisia Capillaris, 10 grams of Gardenia Jasminoides, and 10 grams of Licorice. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, divided into morning and evening.

6. Treat bacterial dysentery

30 grams of fresh ground ivy, 30 grams of white peony root, and 30 grams of fresh purslane. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, divided into morning and evening.

7. Treat functional uterine bleeding

30 grams of ground ivy, 15 grams of chicory, 10 grams of agrimony, 10 grams of moutan bark, and 15 grams of Imperata root. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, divided into morning and evening.