Petroleum Herb is the whole plant of the Urticaceae plant Boehmeria nivea. It is used as medicine. It can be harvested fresh or dried throughout the year.
It can be harvested and washed throughout the year, and can be used fresh or dried.Petroleum herb grows on limestone at altitudes of 300-1300m or shady rocky areas.
【Efficacy and Function of Petroleum Herb】
Petroleum herb can clear the lungs and stop coughing, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, detoxify and relieve pain. It is used for cough with lung heat, pulmonary tuberculosis, nephritis edema, burns, scalds, bruises, and carbuncles and boils.
①"Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine Annals": "Clears heat, detoxifies, eliminates phlegm, and stops coughing. Used for pulmonary tuberculosis with cough, and hot toxic ulcers."
②"Guangxi Medicinal Plant Directory": "Clears heat, promotes diuresis, and detoxifies. Used for burns, malnutrition, and sores and scabies."
【Compound of Petroleum Herb】
①For cough with lung heat, pulmonary tuberculosis: Take fresh petroleum herb one to two taels, decoct in water and take orally. (Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine)
②For bruises, burns, and redness and swelling of carbuncles and boils: Take an appropriate amount of fresh petroleum herb, grind it into a paste, and apply it to the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine)
Clinical application for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: Take two taels of fresh petroleum herb, an appropriate amount of pig bones, add 600ml of water, boil until reduced to 400ml, take one dose daily, divided into two servings. Three months is one course of treatment. Clinical trials were conducted on 40 cases, showing certain therapeutic effects.
