What are the effects and functions of comfrey essential oil?

Lithospermum is a common herb. It is well known for containing some beneficial medicinal ingredients. At present, lithospermum is widely used on newborn babies. For example, using lithospermum essential oil to wipe the baby's private parts can effectively prevent skin redness and swelling, etc. Let's take a look at the effects and functions of lithospermum essential oil.

Cool blood, promote blood circulation, detoxify and relieve rash. It is used for excessive heat and toxins in the blood, purple and black macules, measles that do not break out, sores, eczema, and burns caused by water or fire. It clears heat and cools blood. It is used for measles, rashes caused by febrile diseases, eczema, hematuria, hematuria, bloody dysentery, sores, erysipelas, burns, and constipation caused by heat.

1. Cooling blood and stopping bleeding

Lithospermum officinale is bitter and cold in nature. It enters the heart, liver, and small intestine meridians. The bitter taste can clear away heat and the cold can cool blood, so it has a good effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is often used for diseases such as purpura, hematemesis, epistaxis, and hematuria.

2. Clear away heat and detoxify

Lithospermum officinale tastes bitter and salty, and is cold in nature. It enters the heart, pericardium, and liver meridians. The bitterness can clear away heat and detoxify, while the coldness can cool blood and reduce swelling. It has a good effect on bloody dysentery, erysipelas, carbuncles, burns, etc.

3. Clear away heat and dampness

It can clear away heat, cool blood and stop bleeding, and it also has the function of killing insects. It is often used for eczema, stranguria caused by damp-heat in the lower abdomen, and jaundice caused by damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder.

4. Relieve internal heat and relieve constipation

Due to the excess of yang in the body, heat accumulation in the stomach and intestines, and excessive consumption of spicy, hot and greasy foods, the intestines lose moisture, resulting in dry and hard stools that are difficult to pass, short and red urine, red face and hot body, abdominal distension and pain, dry mouth and bad breath, red tongue with yellow coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. For treatment, you can choose Lithospermum officinale, which has a bitter and cold taste, to clear away heat and relieve fire, and moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements.

5. Strengthen heart function

The decoction of Lithospermum officinale has a significant excitatory effect on the isolated and in vivo hearts of rabbits, so toxins are mostly released through the peripheral circulation, and it has a diuretic effect by strengthening the heart.