According to traditional Chinese medicine, Wolfberry Herb has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, nourishing yin, and stopping sweating. It is used for the treatment of colds, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, enteritis, hepatitis, urinary tract infections, tuberculosis with night sweats, and amenorrhea. It can also be used externally to treat boils, swelling, eczema, and tinea. Now let's take a look at the Wolfberry Herb pictures and its functions and indications.
[Functions and Indications of Wolfberry Herb]
It is used for the treatment of bronchitis, tuberculosis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, dysentery, erysipelas, and tinea.
1. "Ben Cao Shi Yi": It is used to treat chronic dysentery, abdominal distention in children, and erysipelas with cold and heat symptoms. The root and stem are boiled and taken orally.
2. "Ben Cao Tu Jing": It is used to treat bloody dysentery.
3. "Gang Mu": It is used to treat long-standing tinea, intense itching during rainy days, and yellowish fluid after scratching. It should be ground into powder and mixed with other ingredients.
4. "Min Dong Ben Cao": It nourishes yin and benefits the lungs, clears heat, and detoxifies. It is used to treat cough, asthma, and sore throat.
[Compound Formula of Wolfberry Herb]
① For the treatment of bronchitis and tuberculosis: Take one or two liang of fresh Wolfberry Herb and decoct them in water. (From "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")
② For the treatment of diphtheria, pharyngitis, and tonsillitis: Take three to four liang of fresh Wolfberry Herb, add six fresh olives or five qian of fresh Maranta arundinacea roots, and decoct them in water. (From "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")
③ For the treatment of sore throat: Take five qian to one or two liang of fresh Wolfberry Herb, add rock sugar, and stew them. (From "Min Dong Ben Cao")
④ For the treatment of bloody dysentery: Take two jin of Wolfberry Herb, grind and squeeze out one xiao sheng of juice, add half a chicken egg shell, mix well, and take it on an empty stomach. If fresh herbs are not available, dry the herbs in the shade, grind them into powder, and take one square inch spoonful of powder with half a cup of honey water. (From "Ben Cao Tu Jing")
⑤ For the treatment of eczema: Crush fresh Wolfberry Herb leaves and apply the juice topically. (From "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")
⑥ For the treatment of tinea: Grind Wolfberry Herb leaves into powder, mix with vinegar, and apply it topically. (From "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine")
Wolfberry Herb and its related plant, Three-leaf Ghost Needle, are both known as "douzhaocao" in Sichuan Province and are used interchangeably. Three-leaf Ghost Needle is the main variety of the medicinal herb "jinzhan yinpan" in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, as mentioned in the article "Jinzhan Yinpan".
[Wolfberry Herb Pictures]
Wolfberry Herb pictures
Wolfberry Herb pictures
