HOUTTUYNIA

Botanical name: Houttuynia cordata Thunb.

Family name: SAURURACEAE

Thai name: Ploo-kaaw

                     Used aerial parts of the herb. Used in formulas of smoker's herbal aroma and this herbal quitting formula. Main chemical components: decanoylacetaldehyde, myrcene, lauric aldehyde, capric acid, cordarine, it acts on the lung channel. The pungent flavour dissolves boils. It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxicating, dissolving boils and draining pus. It used to treat abscesses in both internal organs and external infections. It is always an important medicine for treating pulmonary abscess because the herb is mainly acting in lung. In addition, it is able to clear the damp-heat pathogens in the large intestine and bladder and treat diarrhea due to damp-heat, urination disturbance and stranguria. Effects: clearing away heat, detoxicating, dissolves boils, draining pus, inducing diuresis for treating stranguria. Indications: for pulmonary abscess, coughing with purulent blood, in addition, it can also be used to treat dysentery and stranguria caused by damp-heat.

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