The nature and flavor are slightly bitter and neutral.

The main functions are to clear away heat and detoxify, dispel wind and reduce phlegm, activate blood circulation and relieve pain. It is used to treat febrile convulsions, dysentery, bronchitis, pneumonia, pharyngitis, hepatitis and viral meningitis in children. For external use, it can be used to treat snake bites, tonsillitis, cellulitis, and bruises.

Usage and dosage: 3~9g, appropriate amount for external use.

Prescription

① To treat febrile convulsions in children: 1 qian of the root of Rhizoma Scutellariae, 2 qian of Uncaria root, 2 qian of the root of Aesculus aesculata, decoction in water and take. ("Jiangxi Herbal Medicine")

②Treatment of wind-heat, convulsions and hernia pain in children: Trifoliate tuber root costs 3 to 5 qian, decoction in water and taken. ("Commonly Used Folk Medicinal Herbs in Zhejiang")

③Treatment of pneumonia: three qian each of rock rat root, melon seed gold, and wolfberry root, decoction in water and take one dose per day. ("Jiangxi Herbal Medicine")

④Treatment of hepatitis: Five qian of stone rat root, one or two each of tiger thorn root and madder root, decocted in water and taken once a day. ("Jiangxi Herbal Medicine")

⑤Treatment of bungara snake bites: Add cold water to the whole plant or roots of Stone Monkey and mash it into a paste. Take five qian orally and apply it externally to the abrasions. This is the main medicine. Then use the needles on the leaves to boil the water, cool it, wash it externally, and take an appropriate amount internally. After taking the medicine, you can only drink cold water, not hot water. (Hunan "Selected Materials on New Chinese Herbal Medicine Treatment Methods")

⑥Treatment of snake bites: 1. Bungaricus bites: Mash two to three thornberry tubers, cut off the hair, and apply to the top of the head Fontanelle (Baihui point). 2. Five-step snake bites: 5 qian to 1 liang of the root of the raspberry root, chopped into pieces, decocted in water and taken. ("Commonly Used Folk Medicinal Herbs in Zhejiang")

⑦ Treatment of carbuncle, furuncle, cellulitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, lymph node tuberculosis and other diseases: Grind fresh thunder gallbladder with water or wine into a sticky paste and rub it Apply wet compress to the affected area with gauze dipped in medicinal solution, three to four times a day. It is better to use water grinding on thin and tender skin such as the mouth and scrotum. (Hunan's "Selected Materials on New Chinese Herbal Medicine Treatment Methods") ⑧Treatment of asthma: 1 penny each of rock rat root, fritillary and platycodon, decoct in water and take one dose per day.

⑨Treatment of skin injuries: One or two pieces of rock rat root, grind into powder and take with rice wine.

⑩Treatment of traumatic bleeding: appropriate amount of rock rat root, dried in the sun and ground into powder, spread and bandaged.

(⑧The following is from "Jiangxi Herbal Medicine")