The efficacy and effects of stone olive

April 19, 2023
Stone olive, also known as stone on the fairy peach, stone lotus, fruit on the leaves, stone on the lotus, large stone olive is one of the commonly used Chinese herbs, stone olive is cool in nature, sweet and light in taste, into the liver, spleen, kidney meridian, suitable for infectious patients with colds, sore throat, bronchitis, pneumonia, inflammation of the digestive tract, etc. So what are the efficacy and effects of stone olive?

Clearing heat and nourishing Yin

Stone olive is cold in nature and belongs to the cold herbs, which has the effect of clearing heat and lowering fire. Its decoction mainly enters the spleen and kidney meridians, and also has certain effect of nourishing yin, which is suitable for patients with kidney yin deficiency.

Relieving cough

Stone olive is a cooling herb, which is good for cough and coughing up blood caused by lung heat and lung dryness, etc. It can be taken directly with a decoction of stone olive.

Treating dizziness

Stone olive is commonly used in clinical practice to treat dizziness caused by colds. The common method is to boil eggs with a decoction of stone olive, make some small holes in the eggs with a needle, put them into the decoction of stone olive and boil them.

Bruises and injuries

Stone olive can be used for trauma treatment, mainly because of its sour and astringent effect, which has a hemostatic effect, and it can also invigorate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, which is a good treatment effect for bruises and injuries when used externally.

Contraindications to the use of stone olive

1. Stone olive is cold in nature, therefore, it is not suitable for long-term use for patients with weak spleen and stomach. 2. Stone olive is sour and astringent, therefore, it has certain health effects, but it should not be consumed for a long time, especially during coughing period, which may delay the treatment, but it has good therapeutic effect on cough caused by lung deficiency.
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