Da Guo Lu Huang is a commonly used heat-clearing and detoxifying medicine, which can be taken orally or applied externally. It has a good effect in treating wind-heat colds, sore throat, and other diseases. Let's learn about the efficacy and function of Da Guo Lu Huang!
【Morphological characteristics of Da Guo Lu Huang】
1. Stem
The stem is usually clustered, knee-bent and erect, 10-30 centimeters tall. In shady and wet habitats, the lower part of the stem often grows creeping, with roots growing on the nodes, and the upper part bends and rises, reaching a length of up to 60 centimeters. It is single or branched, densely covered with 1-1.5 millimeter long multicellular hairs.
2. Leaves
Leaves are opposite, with the two pairs at the top of the stem close together, densely clustered in a whorl. They are usually 1-2 times larger than the lower leaves. The leaf blade is ovate to ovate-elliptic, rarely lanceolate, 1.5-8 centimeters long and 8-40 millimeters wide;
The apex is sharp or slightly blunt with an abrupt tip, the base is broadly wedge-shaped, the upper surface is deep green, the lower surface is lighter, and both sides are covered with 1 millimeter long rough pubescence with nodes.
3. Flowers
The inflorescence is terminal, nearly capitate, and usually has multiple flowers. The pedicels are 1-7 millimeters long and densely covered with soft hairs. The calyx is 6-9 millimeters long, almost split to the base, with lanceolate lobes and a gradually pointed apex, and the back is covered with soft hairs;
The corolla is yellow, 10-13 millimeters long, the fused part at the base is about 3 millimeters long, and the lobes are inverted ovate or oblong, 4-6 millimeters wide, with a sharp or rounded apex and transparent glandular dots.
【Medicinal value of Da Guo Lu Huang】
1. Treatment of wind-heat cough
When the human body is invaded by wind-heat, the loss of lung-clearing can lead to cough, which is called wind-heat cough in traditional Chinese medicine. This condition is usually dry cough without phlegm, or the phlegm is yellow, and some patients may also have fever symptoms. Patients can use Da Guo Lu Huang to treat it. Boiling Da Guo Lu Huang in water and drinking the decoction can help dispel wind-heat and treat cough.
2. Treatment of sore throat
Da Guo Lu Huang has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and it has a very good therapeutic effect on the symptoms of sore throat. After catching a cold, it is easy to cause sore throat. Drinking the decoction of Da Guo Lu Huang can reduce swelling and relieve pain. Sore throat caused by excessive internal heat or staying up late can also be treated with Da Guo Lu Huang.
3. Treatment of hot toxic sores and abscesses
Da Guo Lu Huang has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can be used to treat hot toxic sores and abscesses. Hot toxic sores and abscesses are actually skin purulent inflammation caused by external invasion of hot toxins. Patients usually feel local redness, swelling, and suppuration of the skin. Fresh Da Guo Lu Huang can be crushed and applied to the wound, and the medicine can be changed several times a day.
【Clinical applications of Da Guo Lu Huang】
1. Treat early jaundice and treat weakness: Three leaves of Xian Ren Dui Zuo Cao, Bai He Bao Cao, Ping Di Mu, and Yin Chen, each weighing three qian. Boil in water and divide into three doses, taken in the morning, noon, and evening. (Bai Cao Jing)
2. Treat ascites and swelling: Take an appropriate amount of fresh Da Guo Lu Huang, mash it, and apply it to the navel. (Shanghai Common Chinese Medicinal Herbs)
3. Treat kidney deficiency and edema: Four Sichuan Da Jin Qian Cao, Xiao Hui Xiang. Stew and take with pig trotters. (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica)
4. Treat urinary calculi: Take one or two Da Guo Lu Huang, decoct and take. (Hunan Materia Medica)
5. Treat all kinds of hernia: Xian Ren Dui Zuo Cao, Qing Mu Xiang. Mash the two ingredients into juice and take it with alcohol. (Liu Yu Yi's Experience Formula)
6. Treat carbuncles: Mash Da Guo Lu Huang into juice, mix it with rice water or alcohol, and take it. (Hunan Materia Medica)
7. Treat bruises and injuries: Take fresh Da Guo Lu Huang, wash it, mash it into juice, and take a small cup. (Shanghai Common Chinese Medicinal Herbs)
