main ingredients: arctiin, fatty oil, vitamin a, vitamin b and alkaloids.

pharmacological action: Arctium lappa decoction has obvious antibacterial effect on Streptococcus pneumoniae; Water immersion agent has different degrees of inhibition on a variety of pathogenic dermatophytes; Fructus Arctii has antipyretic and diuretic effects; Recently, it has been found that Fructus Arctii has anti-tumor effect, and its crude extract has selective toxicity. A low amount can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and make tumor cells approach normal cells, which may become a powerful anti-cancer crude drug.

efficacy and application: dispelling wind and heat, penetrating rash and relieving sore throat, detoxifying and dispersing swelling. Indications: wind-heat cold, sore throat, measles, rubella itching, carbuncle, sore, mumps, laryngitis, and pestilence.

Burdock leaves contain many nutrients, among which carotene and vitamin C are the most abundant, which is helpful to enhance human immune function. Clearing away heat and fire, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, moistening lung, detoxifying, relaxing bowels, brightening hair, treating headache and dizziness, benefiting liver, moistening intestines and other effects.

Burdock root can dispel wind and dissipate heat, detoxify and reduce swelling. It can be used for wind-heat cold, cough, sore throat, constipation, dizziness caused by wind-fire disturbance, tinnitus, deafness and blurred vision. It can also be used for external use to treat head and face swelling due to wind-heat toxin, toothache due to heat toxicity, gingival swelling and pain, carbuncle, malignant ulcer, hemorrhoid, rheumatic arthralgia and limb contracture. [Note] It is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. If it is eaten, it must be steamed or boiled first to weaken its cold and diarrhea.