Plantago asiatica, sweet and cold, belongs to lung meridian, liver meridian, kidney meridian and bladder meridian, and has the effects of clearing away heat and cooling blood, promoting diuresis and expelling toxin, improving eyesight, relieving cough and asthma, eliminating phlegm and lowering blood pressure. It is mainly used to treat dysuria, hematuria, red eyes, swelling and pain, skin ulcer, cold and cough.
Wild mint, scientific name mint, is pungent and cool, and the whole grass can be used as medicine. Has the effects of tranquilizing mind, dispelling pathogenic wind, dispelling heat, invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, diminishing inflammation, relieving pain, relieving sore throat and relieving itching. It has a good curative effect on neurasthenia, wind-heat cold, sore throat and itchy skin.
Prunella vulgaris is bitter in taste and cold in nature, belonging to the liver and gallbladder meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and reducing fire, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, clearing liver-fire, improving eyesight, reducing swelling and lowering blood pressure, and can be used for adjuvant treatment of diseases such as lymphadenopathy, goiter, mammary gland hyperplasia, milk ejection obstruction, eye pain, blood collapse, leukorrhagia and hypertension.
Xanthium sibiricum, bitter, sweet and pungent, warm in nature, enters the lung and liver meridians, and has the effects of dispelling cold, dredging orifices, expelling wind and removing dampness and relieving pain. Mainly used for treating diseases such as wind-cold common cold, rhinitis, rheumatoid arthritis, rubella pruritus, etc.
Dandelion, sweet, bitter and cold in nature, enters the liver and stomach meridians, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and gallbladder, and promoting lactation. Mainly used for treating common cold and fever, acute tonsillitis, acute mastitis, acute conjunctivitis, gastritis, hepatitis, urinary tract infection, gallstones, eczema and other diseases.