When it comes to Tianhuafen, many people may think it is a powdery substance, but it is actually the root of the plant Radix Trichosanthis. It has high medicinal value, with the effects of clearing heat and reducing swelling, and generating body fluids and quenching thirst. However, it is also important to note its side effects!
【The Efficacy and Functions of Tianhuafen】
1. Clearing heat and generating body fluids
Tianhuafen is a type of Chinese herbal medicine with a cold property. It has a slightly sweet taste and can enter the lung and stomach meridians. It has an important effect in generating body fluids and quenching thirst. When people experience fever and thirst, they can directly use it for treatment. It can be boiled and taken directly, or combined with other Chinese herbal medicines with heat-clearing and detoxifying effects such as Mai Men Dong and Zhu Ye to enhance its efficacy.
2. Clearing the lungs and moistening dryness
Tianhuafen can clear the heat toxins in the body and relieve lung heat. It can also nourish yin and moisten dryness. It has a significant therapeutic effect on dry cough with little phlegm and coughing with blood caused by lung heat and dryness. When treating dry cough with little phlegm, it needs to be taken together with other Chinese herbal medicines such as Tian Men Dong and Mai Men Dong. When treating coughing with blood, it needs to be combined with Ginseng and taken after boiling.
3. Clearing heat and detoxifying
After being used medicinally, Tianhuafen can clear heat and detoxify. It has a significant therapeutic effect on skin redness, swelling, pain, and carbuncle pain caused by excessive heat toxins. It can be used together with other Chinese herbal medicines with detoxifying effects such as Honeysuckle and Pangolin. This can enhance its heat-clearing and detoxifying effects and quickly alleviate the patient's condition.
【Methods of Consuming Tianhuafen】
1. Tianhuafen Porridge
Ingredients: 15g Tianhuafen, 50g rice, appropriate amount of white sugar.
Method: Cut Tianhuafen into thin slices, boil it in water for 30 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice. Put the rice in a pot and add the medicinal juice. Cook over low heat until the rice is cooked. It can be consumed once daily for 3-5 days as one course of treatment.
Efficacy: This recipe has the effect of clearing heat, generating body fluids, reducing swelling, and draining pus. It is suitable for diabetic patients with symptoms of thirst, polydipsia, and internal heat damaging body fluids.
2. Tianhuafen Tea
Ingredients: 10g Tianhuafen, 3g green tea.
Method: Brew with 300ml boiling water and drink. Can be added with rock sugar.
Efficacy: It has the effects of generating body fluids, quenching thirst, reducing heat, moistening dryness, draining pus, and reducing swelling. It has good effects on thirst caused by fever, polydipsia, lung dryness and hemoptysis, jaundice, and abscesses.
【Side Effects of Tianhuafen】
In hospitals, Tianhuafen is mainly used for gynecological induction. According to cases, long-term use of Tianhuafen has toxic side effects on the kidneys and liver.
When using Tianhuafen injection, immediate itching of the skin may occur, and individual patients may also experience urticaria or difficulty breathing.
The main reason is that the main component of Tianhuafen, Tianhuafen protein, has strong antigenicity, which can stimulate the body's immune mechanism.
Once Tianhuafen causes a too strong immune reaction in the body, it will cause certain damage to the kidneys and liver. At the same time, there may be inflammatory reactions or high fever reactions.
The most serious side effect of Tianhuafen is the possibility of causing shock in the body. The occurrence of toxic side effects of Tianhuafen depends mainly on the dosage used over a long period of time.
Extensive experimental observations have shown that when the single dose of Tianhuafen does not exceed 20g, there is generally no need to worry about side effects.
