Although traditional Chinese medicine is beneficial, it may not be suitable for everyone. Therefore, it is necessary to understand its medicinal properties before use. What are the contraindications for the use of the medicinal herb "E Ma Huang"? Let's take a look with the help of TCM website editor.
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Medicinal Value of E Ma Huang
Indications:
E Ma Huang is used for abdominal pain, malnutrition in children, dry blood consumption in women, waist sprains, wounds, urethritis, parotitis, and snake bites.
1. "Emei Medicinal Plants": Clears heat and promotes diuresis.
2. "Guizhou Herbal Medicine": Tonifies weakness, activates blood circulation, treats malaria, and relieves pain.
3. "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine": Aids digestion, relieves pain, and detoxifies snake bites. Treats gastric diseases, malnutrition in children, and snake bites.
Actions:
1. Treats abdominal pain: Grind E Ma Huang seeds and take orally; or use 15 grams of the root, decoct in water and take orally. ("Guizhou Herbal Medicine")
2. Treats dry blood consumption in women: Take 30 grams of E Ma Huang root. Take the first dose with wine, and the second dose with stewed meat.
3. Treats retained placenta: Use wild soybeans, Huang Shi leaves, and calcined lotus pods. Decoct in water and take orally.
4. Treats menstrual disorders: Add wild soybeans and brown sugar to stewed chicken and take orally.
5. Treats eye inflammation: Use wild soybeans, Huang Lian, cold water stone, chrysanthemum flower, Cassia leaf, night-blooming cereus. Decoct in water and take orally. ("Sichuan Chinese Herbal Medicine")
6. Treats internal bleeding: Take 5 to 10 fruits of mountain E Ma Huang, decoct in water and take orally. ("Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine")
7. Treats burns: Grind the whole plant of mountain E Ma Huang into powder and apply it to the affected area. ("Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine")
Recommended Usage of E Ma Huang
For abdominal pain, malnutrition in children, dry blood consumption in women, waist sprains, wounds, urethritis, parotitis, and snake bites.
Contraindications for E Ma Huang
1. People with weak spleen and stomach should use with caution.
2. Pregnant and lactating women should use with caution.
Dietary Restrictions for E Ma Huang
Do not take excessive amounts orally.
