Mutong is a commonly used Chinese medicine. The "Shennong Ben Cao Jing" is listed as the top grade. The original name "Tongcao", the original plant of the market product confusion. But commodities are mainly divided into two categories of Guanmutong and Chuanmutong. The former is mainly sold in the northeast, north and east China; the latter is mainly sold in the central and south, southwest and other regions.
Effects and functions:
Clear heart fire, facilitate urination, menstruation and breast milk: used for chest fever, throat paralysis and sore throat, urinary redness, five gonorrhea, edema, contracture pain in the body, menstrual closure and breast milk is very suitable for women.
Clearing heat and diuretic; blood circulation. The main urine red red; gonorrhea; edema; chest fever; throat pain; mouth and tongue sores; rheumatism paralysis pain; lactation; menstrual closure; dysmenorrhea.
Clears fire in the heart meridian and drains heat from the small intestine. It is often used to treat heart fire, mouth and tongue sores, or heart fire moved down the lower intestine and caused by heartburn, urine and redness, etc. It is often used in conjunction with Radix et Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, Radix et Rhizoma Bamboo Leaves.
It induces diuresis, reduces swelling, and lowers dampness-heat, so that the evil of dampness-heat can go downward and be discharged from the urinary bladder. Treatment of bladder dampness and heat, short and red urine, gonorrhea and astringent pain, often with psyllium, talcum, etc.; used for edema, it is used with poria, Sang Bai Pi, etc..
Note: Mutong is extremely bitter and cold, the former had said that it can drain the heart and kidney of the gas, can not be invested. Now the application of Mutong is also very wide, but in also need to master the dosage, should not be too large. In fact, in clinical practice, we can also observe that a service of Mutong more than 2 two, can cause renal failure, therefore, must be vigilant. Pregnant women should be used with caution, the elderly and the infirm medicine when using Mouton, should be added as appropriate Codonopsis, Atractylodes macrocephala.
The above is the introduction of the plant of Mouton, through the above we all know that Mouton it is able to clear the heat and detoxification as well as the role of water swelling, but it should be noted that it belongs to the cold with bitter, for pregnant women as well as menstruation women, need to be used with caution. And for the elderly physique is relatively weak case, more cautious use of this herb, to avoid will thus affect their own health, bring more harm.