Croton is pungent and toxic, and it belongs to a heat laxative, which can warm the intestines, expel water, relieve bloating, accumulate food, and cleanse the cold in the stomach. It is also often used for external treatment of sores and ulcers, and for removing toxic substances. In addition, croton oil is irritating to skin and mucosa, and has a severe diarrhea effect when taken orally, and has strong insecticidal and antibacterial ability.

Croton's growth habit:

It is born beside the village or in sparse forests in mountainous areas, or only cultivated.

like warm and humid climate, not cold-resistant, afraid of frost. Like sunshine, it is suitable for cultivation in areas where the temperature is 17-19℃, the annual rainfall is 1mm, the annual sunshine is 1h, and the frost-free period is more than 3d d. When the temperature is lower than 3℃, all seedling leaves will die. It is suitable to cultivate on sandy soil with abundant sunshine, deep soil layer, loose and fertile soil and good drainage.

Extended information:

Similar plants: morning glory

Nature and taste: cold and bitter; Toxic.

ingredients: contains morning glory glycoside (resin glycoside), fatty oil, organic acid, etc.

Indications: purging water, relaxing bowels, eliminating phlegm, removing phlegm, killing insects and attacking accumulation. It can be used for treating water swelling, constipation, accumulation of phlegm and drink, asthma and cough due to qi deficiency, abdominal pain due to insect accumulation, ascaris and taeniasis.

Petunia is a severe medicine. When it is used less, it will lead to defecation; when it is used more, it will cause diarrhea like water, and it can induce diuresis. Therefore, it is mainly used for ascites swelling, constipation, constipation and other symptoms in clinic.

As for the treatment of phlegm stagnation, cough and dyspnea, it should only be used temporarily, not for a long time. If the spleen is weak and the stomach is dull, and the abdomen is distended due to qi deficiency, it is important to strengthen the spleen and tonify the middle energizer, and it is not appropriate to use this product to attack diarrhea and eliminate stagnation, and to suppress stomach qi.

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