Gangban Gui, also known as He Bai Cao, Ci Li Tou, Lao Hu Ci, etc., has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuresis and reducing swelling, and stopping cough. It has good effects on throat swelling and pain, lung heat cough, damp heat diarrhea, etc.
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【Functions and Indications of Gangban Gui】
Gangban Gui is used for throat carbuncle, jaundice, diarrhea, scrofula, eczema, pemphigus, pyogenic infection, abscess, snake bite, edema, cloudy leukorrhea, hemoptysis, blood in the stool, red eyes due to wind and fire, contusion and swelling, cough, hemorrhoids, etc. caused by heat toxin or damp heat stagnation.
It can be used in combination with it for upper respiratory tract infection, acute tonsillitis, tracheitis, whooping cough, dysentery, enteritis, nephritis, herpes zoster, etc.
Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Gangban Gui 50% decoction has antibacterial effects in vitro and inhibitory effects on experimental animal tumors.
It can be used clinically to treat nephritis, upper respiratory tract infections, herpes zoster, etc.
【Traditional Chinese Medicine Gangban Gui for the Treatment of Whooping Cough】
Composition: 37.5g fresh Gangban Gui, 18.8g white sugar (or rock sugar)
Usage: Wash the herbs first, chop and fry them slightly, put them in a cup, add white sugar, pour warm boiling water, and take it in 3 doses.
【Methods of Consuming Gangban Gui】
Daily dosage: 8-30g; taken internally as a decoction, externally used: pounded for application or boiled for fumigation and washing.
【Precautions for Consuming Gangban Gui】
Do not take in excessive amounts for a long time.
Use with caution for those with weak constitution or spleen and stomach deficiency-cold.
Avoid use during pregnancy, use with caution in children.
