Chinese medicine Di Dan Cao has the effects of clearing heat, cooling blood, detoxifying, and promoting diuresis. It is commonly used for colds, tonsillitis, and pharyngitis. Let's learn about the efficacy and functions of Di Dan Cao below!
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【Efficacy and Functions of Di Dan Cao】
1. Di Dan Cao treats cough due to lung heat.
If you have cough with yellow phlegm, accompanied by symptoms such as dry mouth, sore throat, fever, red urine, and constipation, you can boil 30g of Di Dan Cao with 30g of Lung Xing Cao and drink it.
2. Di Dan Cao treats boils and abscesses.
If it is caused by scratching and infection after prickly heat, or acute purulent inflammation of hair follicles or sebaceous glands, you can boil 60-120g of fresh Di Dan Cao with water and drink it.
Also, you can mash a small amount of rice bran with fresh Di Dan Cao, apply it externally, or boil it with water for external washing.
3. Di Dan Cao treats jaundice hepatitis.
If you have jaundice hepatitis with symptoms of fatigue, nausea, aversion to oily food, yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, ranging from light yellow to golden yellow, you can boil 60g of whole Di Dan Cao with water and drink it.
4. Di Dan Cao treats acute otitis media.
If you have acute otitis media with ear pain, accompanied by symptoms of cold, cough, upper respiratory infection, you can clean and dry the fresh whole Di Dan Cao, mash it and extract the juice, then drop it into the ear 3-4 times a day.
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【Modern Applications of Di Dan Cao】
1. External Cold Tablets: Warm and release exterior.
2. Compound Cold Relief Granules: Clear heat and detoxify.
3. Upper Respiratory Infection Clearing Tablets: Clear heat and detoxify.
Dosage: 6-15g, fresh herb 30-60g, or mashed juice. External use: appropriate amount, apply or decoct for washing.
【Precautions for Using Di Dan Cao】
1. "Guangxi Chinese Materia Medica": "Do not use for cold conditions."
2. "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": "For detoxification, boil eggs with brown sugar and consume."
