Chinese herbal medicine Ditancao is used to treat colds, tonsillitis, conjunctivitis, jaundice, edema of nephritis, eczema, gastric diseases, hepatitis, nephritis, and bronchitis. What are the medicinal values of Ditancao as a traditional Chinese medicine? Let's take a look with the editor of Traditional Chinese Medicine Website.
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1. Ditancao treats lung heat cough
If you have a lung heat cough with repeated coughing, yellow phlegm, and symptoms such as dry mouth, sore throat, body heat, red urine, and constipation, you can use 30 grams of Ditancao along with 30 grams of Fulingcao to decoct and take orally.
2. Ditancao treats acne and furuncles
If it is acne and furuncles caused by scratching and infection after prickly heat, acute suppurative inflammation of hair follicles or sebaceous glands, you can use 60 to 120 grams of fresh Ditancao to decoct and take orally;
Then use a little bit of fermented rice bran and an appropriate amount of fresh Ditancao, crush it and apply it externally or decoct it for external washing.
3. Ditancao treats jaundice hepatitis
If you have jaundice hepatitis, feel weak, nauseous, and have an aversion to oily food, with yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, ranging from pale yellow to golden yellow. You can use 60 grams of Ditancao whole plant to decoct and take orally.
4. Ditancao treats acute otitis media
If you have acute otitis media, feel pain in the ear, and have symptoms of cold, cough, and upper respiratory tract infection, you can use clean and dried whole plant of fresh Ditancao, crush it and extract the juice, and apply it into the ear, 3 to 4 times a day.
