Houttuynia cordata is widely planted in most parts of China, mainly harvested in summer and autumn. After removing impurities and drying, it can be used medicinally. It has high medicinal value. Now let's learn about the efficacy and usage of Houttuynia cordata together!
【Efficacy and Usage】
1. Hypertension: Take 15g of Houttuynia cordata, Prunella vulgaris, and Loranthus parasiticus, and 9g of chrysanthemum flower and Gentiana scabra. Decoct in water and take orally.
2. Rheumatoid arthritis, lumbago and leg pain: Take 12g of Houttuynia cordata and Desmodium styracifolium, and 15g of chicken's blood vine. Decoct in water and take orally.
3. Malaria: Take 30-45g of Houttuynia cordata alone. Decoct in water and take orally.
4. Hepatitis B, hemiplegia, scabies, etc. It can be used in combination with other medicines.
【Compatibility and Application】
Combining with Cortex Ailanthi: It has the function of dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation, and reducing blood pressure. It can treat rheumatism, stiffness of tendons and bones, joint pain, numbness of limbs, hemiplegia or sequelae of infantile paralysis.
Combining with Epimedium brevicornum: It has more remarkable effects. It can treat rheumatism, joint pain, and numbness of limbs.
Combining with Eucommia ulmoides: It enhances the effects of dispelling wind and dampness and promoting blood circulation. It can treat rheumatism, joint pain, and numbness of limbs.
【Contraindications】
It is not suitable for those with insufficient yin blood.
"Tang Bencao": "Taking too much can cause vomiting."
"Bencao Jing Shu": "Patients with limb numbness, bone pain, weak waist and knees, due to deficiency of swelling and kidney, insufficient yin blood, and not caused by wind and dampness, should not take it."
"Bencao Shu": "Avoid iron."
