White Wun, also known as Bai Wun, is the root or whole herb of the chrysanthemum family plant White Wun, which is a white variety of Purple Wun. It mainly grows in moist areas and is distributed in northeastern China, as well as Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei and other regions. Now let's understand the efficacy and function of White Wun.
1. Warming the Lungs and Resolving Phlegm
White Wun is a Chinese medicinal material that enters the lung meridian. Its main function is to warm the lungs and resolve phlegm. It has a mild nature and can alleviate coldness in the body.
When people experience cough with excessive phlegm and asthma symptoms caused by invasion of cold qi, White Wun can be used for treatment. It can be boiled alone or used in combination with other lung-moistening Chinese medicinal materials.
2. Astringing and Stopping Diarrhea
After taking White Wun as medicine, it can astringe and stop diarrhea, as well as have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. It can maintain the health of the human intestines, eliminate intestinal inflammation, and maintain intestinal flora balance.
When people experience diarrhea, abdominal pain, enteritis, dysentery, or intestinal rumbling, White Wun can be directly used for treatment to quickly improve the symptoms.
3. Diuresis and Reducing Swelling
White Wun can also enter the kidney meridian. It can improve kidney function, eliminate kidney and urinary tract inflammation, and accelerate the metabolism of excess body water, preventing water retention.
When people experience difficulty urinating, painful urination, and body swelling, White Wun can be used for treatment. It is best to boil it together with other diuretic Chinese medicinal materials such as Clematis and Alisma.
1. Qian Dan San
Ingredients: 3 parts White Wun, 1 part Qian Dan.
Efficacy: Makes the face white. Makes the face black.
Usage: Take 1 Dao Gui per serving, swallow with vinegar, 3 times a day. Take for 10 days, the stool will turn black; on the 18th and 19th day, it will become dark as lacquer; on the 21st day, the stool will become completely white and the whiteness will continue after that.
2. Nü Zhen San
Ingredients: Equal parts of Huang Dan and White Wun.
Efficacy: Relieves depression and anger, changes facial complexion to black.
Usage: Take 2 qian per serving, take with alcohol, 2 times a day.
Differentiating White Wun and Purple Wun
1. White Wun
White Wun is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows 30 to 100 centimeters tall. The stem is erect, smooth in the lower half, and has fine soft hairs in the upper half. The achene is oblong and about 1 millimeter long, slightly flattened, and covered with hairs. The corolla hairs are gray-white or red, blooming in autumn.
White Wun has the functions of warming the lungs, resolving phlegm, invigorating the spleen, and promoting dampness. It is often used for the treatment of cough with phlegm, asthma, diarrhea, and short, difficult urination.
2. Purple Wun
Purple Wun is a perennial herbaceous plant of the chrysanthemum family. The rhizome is short, with a purple-red or gray-red surface. There are many fine roots in the lower part, and the achene is inverted ovate to oblong and flattened, with a purple-brown color. The root and rhizome are used as medicine and called "Purple Wun".
Purple Wun has the functions of warming the lungs, descending qi, resolving phlegm, and stopping cough. It is mainly used for the treatment of cough with wind-cold, asthma, consumptive cough with expectoration of pus and blood, throat impediment, and difficult urination.
