The efficacy and role of kapok:

Kapok is the dried flowers of the cottonwood plant of the family of Bombacaceae, kapok, also known as Bambusa tree, the hero tree, Panzhihua, kapok has a clearing of heat and dampness, detoxification of the effects of bleeding, kapok has a treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, hemorrhagic, sores and poisons, kapok's bark for the sea of Guangdong, known as the Guangdong sea of tung pi, bitter taste, sex, there is a diffuse the effects of wind and dampness, and the effect of the kapok is the same. The efficacy.

The treatment of cholera in the evil, red and white long diarrhea, in addition to Gan Yin, scabies. Tooth worm pain, and boil and contain the service, water immersion eyes, in addition to skin red.

Kapok can reduce swelling, dissipate blood stasis, pain. Cure cough, stop postpartum blood stasis pain.

Kapok can go red red dysentery, white white dysentery, with Wu Yi tea decoction often drink.

Kapok treatment of lung cancer, intestinal cancer: 15-30 grams of kapok root, 3 bowls of water decoction to take the majority of the bowl of warm service.

Kapok can clear heat and dampness, treatment of enteritis, bacillary dysentery.

Kapok can move the meridians and reach the place of disease, and enter the blood and remove wind to kill insects.

Expanded information:

Kapok has high ornamental value and has the effect of clearing away heat and removing dampness and detoxification. However, growing on the roadside kapok has a lot of dust and car exhaust pollution for a long time, and fall to the ground of kapok easily mixed with sediment, bacteria, insect eggs and other impurities, the petals are also easy to mold, eating will have an impact on the health of the body.

Therefore, if the public need to consume kapok, to the regular pharmacy to buy.

"Because the fresh kapok is not directly edible, and the pharmacy kapok are concocted, drying and other professional treatment, consumption will be guaranteed. In addition, the public allergic to pollen, as well as pregnant women, should be careful to take.

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