Unveiling the Healing Powers of Nv Wan: A Traditional Chinese Medicine for Lung Health and More

February 17, 2024

There are many traditional Chinese medicines that we are not familiar with. Even the flowers and plants on the roadside may be unfamiliar Chinese medicines to us, just like "Nv Wan". It can warm the lungs, transform phlegm, invigorate the spleen, and remove dampness.


Image of Nv Wan

[Environmental Distribution] Ecological environment: it grows in wasteland and moist slopes.

Resource distribution: it is distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and other places.

Effects and Functions of the Chinese Herb Nv Wan

It can warm the lungs, transform phlegm, invigorate the spleen, and promote diuresis. It is used to treat cough, asthma, intestinal rumbling, diarrhea, dysentery, and difficulty in urination.

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat wind-cold washing, cholera, dysentery, constant intestinal rumbling, epilepsy, and various cold and heat diseases."

2. "Records of Medicinal Herbs": "It can treat lung injury, cough, sweating, long-term cold in the bladder, fullness in the chest, and onset of symptoms after drinking alcohol and eating at night."

3. "Hunan Materia Medica": "It can warm the lungs, relieve cough, transform phlegm, and promote diuresis."


Applications of the Chinese Herb Nv Wan

Formula with the Chinese Herb Nv Wan

1. Treatment for cough and asthma

Take 5 grams of Nv Wan, 3 grams of Jin Xian Diao Bai Mi, and 5 grams of roadside cane. Decoction and take orally.

2. Treatment for intestinal rumbling and diarrhea

Take 5 grams of Nv Wan, 2 grams of Chen Pi, and 2 grams of Acorus tatarinowii. Decoction and take orally.

3. Treatment for difficulty in urination

Take 5 grams of Nv Wan and 5 grams of Plantago asiatica. Decoction and take orally. (Prescription from "Hunan Materia Medica")

Contraindications of the Chinese Herb Nv Wan

"Compendium of Materia Medica Annotation": "It is incompatible with salty food."

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