Description

Actions and indications:

1.Removing the retained water by purgation

to treat the excess syndrome due to internal retention of water in the thorax or abdomen, marked by thoracic or hypochondric pain, cough and dyspenia, fullness and solidness of the epigastric region, fullness and distension with ascites, it is used with radix euphorbiae pekinensis, folium et flos wikstroemiae chamaedaphnis, semen sinapis albae, semen pharbitidis, radix aucklandiae, etc.

2.Relieving swelling and dispersing mass

to treat skin inflammation due to damp-heat, its powder is mixed with water for local smearing.

At present, it is used to treat intestinal obstruction with remarkable retention of fluid in the intestinal cavity in combination with radix et rhizoma rhei, cortex magnoliae officinalis, semen persicae, etc.

Administration and dosage:

0.5-1.5G of the drug are used usually the drug is added into others as an ingredient in pills or powder. A proper amount of the crude is for local use.

Remarks:

mildly poisonous; the drug is strong and should be used cautiously; should be avoided by pregnant women, the weak and elderly.

This statement has not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Unless used under instructions by a licensed herbalist.