Description

ACTION:

To soften indurated mass, to eliminate phlegm and dissipate nodulation, and to induce diuresis.

INDICATIONS:

Goiter, scrofula, swelling and pain of the testis; edema.

REFERENTIAL ADVICE:

Resolving phlegm and hard mass.

In treating scrofula, tuberculosis and goiter, the drug is often used in combination with Thallus Laminariae seu Eckloniae, Concha Meretricis, Bombyx Batryticatus, etc. In treating swelling and pain of the testis, the decoction of the drug is taken. In addition, the drug can also be used to treat dropsy due to beriberi and edema, owing to its effect of inducing diuresis and relieving edema.

TIPS
The herb contains 0.2 percent iodine and has been used for centuries in ailments due to iodine deficiency

1、项下瘰疬。用海藻一斤，装薄布袋中，泡酒二升。每服二合，一天服三次。药渣晒干，研为末，每服一匙。一天服三次，此酒名“海藻酒”连服几剂，即消瘰疬。
　　2、蛇盘瘰疬，头项交接。用海藻（荞面炒）、白僵蚕（炒），等分为末，加白梅汤调成丸子，如梧子大。每服六十丸，米汤送下。毒气必泄