The whole herb of cowtongue, a Chinese medicine, refers to the Chinese herbal medicine taking cowtongue, a plant belonging to the genus Crocodile, as raw materials. The medicinal parts of the whole herb of bovine tongue include aerial parts and roots, which have the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and diuresis. Its main components include triterpenoids, glycosides, flavonoids, etc., and can be used to treat symptoms such as heat toxicity, carbuncle swelling, scrofula, sore throat and dyspepsia.

Cow tongue herb has many applications in traditional Chinese medicine, for example, it can be made into prescriptions such as cow tongue drink. Niusheyin is a common traditional Chinese medicine drink, and its preparation method is simple and easy, and it has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving sore throat and clearing heat, lowering adverse flow and stopping vomiting. At the same time, the whole herb of cattle tongue can also be used to make Chinese patent medicines, such as Qingdu Lihou oral liquid.

Attention should be paid when using the whole grass of bovine tongue, and the dosage should follow the doctor's advice or pharmacopoeia, and it should not be abused. At the same time, for people with allergies, pregnant women, children and other patients, the indications should be carefully evaluated before using the whole grass of bovine tongue, and it should be used under the guidance of doctors. In a word, the whole herb of cattle tongue is one of the common species in Chinese herbal medicine, but it still needs to pay attention to safety and rationality in the use process.