Medicinal value of Houttuynia cordata

Houttuynia cordata is very helpful in treating eczema in our lives. If we do not make good use of its medicinal value, we will lose the opportunity to discover Houttuynia cordata. Therefore, we should think carefully about this medicinal material so as not to affect our health. Let us now learn about the medicinal value of Houttuynia cordata. I hope you can remember the medicinal value of Houttuynia cordata.

In fact, the medicinal value of Houttuynia cordata in our lives is relatively high. It can be mainly used to treat internal heat, tuberculosis, urinary tract infection and eczema, and its medicinal effect in treating these diseases is very obvious. You can try the medicinal value of Houttuynia cordata.

Commonly used Chinese patent medicine preparations with Houttuynia cordata as the main ingredient include Houttuynia cordata injection, which has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and promoting dampness, and is used for lung abscess, phlegm-heat cough, leucorrhea, urinary tract infection, carbuncle, etc. For example, compound houttuynia tablets (composed of houttuynia, scutellaria, isatis root, and forsythia) have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and are used for sore throat and tonsillitis caused by exogenous wind-heat.

Effects of Houttuynia cordata:

Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling. Treat pneumonia, lung abscess, febrile dysentery, malaria, edema, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, carbuncle, hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, eczema, baldness, and scabies.

Effects of Houttuynia cordata:

1. Anti-pathogenic microorganisms, inhibiting Staphylococcus aureus, influenza bacillus, and Pneumococcus.

2. It has a diuretic effect, which causes the capillaries to dilate, increasing renal blood flow and urine secretion. Therefore, it is also used to treat frequent and painful urination caused by urinary tract infection.

3. Enhance the immune system and improve the phagocytic function of white blood cells in patients with chronic bronchitis.

4. Anti-tumor effect, increasing CAMP in cancer cells and inhibiting Ehrlich ascites carcinoma.

Houttuynia cordata has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, eliminating carbuncle and draining pus, and promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. It is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is often used together with reed root, platycodon, and trichosanthes to treat lung abscess with pus vomiting (equivalent to lung abscess in modern medicine), phlegm-heat, wheezing and cough. When used for heat and toxic sores, it can be used together with wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, honeysuckle, etc., or it can be used alone with fresh products and mashed for external application. If the skin is itchy, there are mosquito bites, or boils are red, swollen, itchy and painful, you can also use this product alone to make an ointment and apply it to the affected area (such as Pi Yan Ning mentioned in the "Chinese Materia Medica Encyclopedia"). Houttuynia cordata is used for bladder damp-heat, dribbling and painful urination, and is often used together with Plantago seed, Imperata root, and Lycopodiella cernua. Houttuynia cordata can also be used alone, not only to treat hot stranguria, but also to treat leucorrhea and leucorrhea.

I hope you can remember the medicinal value of Houttuynia cordata introduced in the article. It will be of great help in treating disease infections or preventing the occurrence of diseases in your life. In order for us to take better care of our families, we should learn more about common sense and make better use of the medicinal materials around us.