The Medicinal Uses of Yasong: Clearing Heat and Detoxifying

January 6, 2024

Yasong has the same smell as pine trees and is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Gansu and other places. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. Let's take a look at its specific medicinal uses!


Yasong's nature and meridian tropism

It has a sour and astringent taste and is cold in nature.

Meridian tropism: Lung; Large Intestine Meridian

Yasong's main functions and indications

It clears heat and detoxifies. It is used to treat erysipelas in children, bacterial dysentery, amoebic dysentery, scalds, and orchitis.


Selected prescription using Yasong

1. For treating erysipelas in children: Take 15g of Yasong, 9g each of honeysuckle, forsythia, dandelion, moutan bark, red peony, and lithospermum. Boil with water and take orally. ("Natural Medicinal Plants of Qinling and Bashan")

2. For treating orchitis: Take an appropriate amount of Yasong, crush it and apply externally. ("Natural Medicinal Plants of Qinling and Bashan")

Administration and dosage of Yasong

Oral administration: Decoction, 15-30g; or crush and extract juice, 50-100g fresh product. External use: Apply an appropriate amount, crush and apply; or apply juice; or boil and wash with water.

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