1. The disk has the functions of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and is effective for headache and dizziness. Grinding sunflower seeds into powder, taking 5g of yellow wine, three times a day, can treat functional uterine bleeding, decocting sunflower seeds with water, can treat asthma, and decocting sunflower seeds with brown sugar can treat dysmenorrhea.
2. Stem and leaf can dispel wind and clear heat, clear liver and improve eyesight. 5 grams of sunflower stem and leaf, jujube 10, decocted in water, daily 1 dose for 5 ~ 7 days, can treat hypertension. Appropriate amount of fresh sunflower stems and leaves, decocted in water, can treat red eyes and tears.
3. Stem pith can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis to stop leukorrhagia. Appropriate amount of white pulp in sunflower stems can be decocted with water to treat leucorrhea and soreness of waist and knees. 20g of sunflower stem pith, 5g of wick, 5g of bamboo leaf and 5g of medulla tetrapanacis, decocted in water, can treat stranguria and prostatitis.
4. Roots can clear away heat and promote diuresis, promote qi and relieve pain. Appropriate amount of sunflower roots can be taken by decoction, which can treat stranguria, frequent urination, urgency and pain. Sunflower root 30g, Atractylodes macrocephala10g, decocted in water, can treat epigastric pain.
5. Flowers can clear away heat and toxic materials, reduce swelling and relieve pain. Appropriate amount of sunflower flowers and half of drinks can be decocted to treat breast carbuncle. Appropriate amount of sunflower flowers can be pounded for external application or dried and ground, and sesame oil can be applied to treat sores, carbuncles and mastitis.