What is the role of burdock medicine?

Burdock fruit is the dried ripe fruit of two-year herb of Compositae family. Its main effect is to disperse wind-heat, relieve lung rash, detoxify and relieve pharynx. Modern nutrition research shows that burdock fruit also has hypoglycemic, anti-tumor and antibacterial effects. However, pregnant women, children and spleen and stomach deficiency cold should be used with caution, and it should not be used with Veratrum.

The following are the specific effects, functions, contraindications, usage methods and identification skills of burdock fruit: Efficacy and function: Dispel wind-heat: Burdock fruit is cool in nature and can be used to treat wind-heat cold, cough, sore throat and other symptoms. Burdock fruit can clear away heat and detoxify. It can be used to treat carbuncle, erysipelas, mumps and other symptoms. Contraindications: pregnant women, children and people with spleen and stomach deficiency should be used with caution. Burdock fruit should not be used with Veratrum. Usage: decoction: 5 - 10g each time. Tea: put burdock fruit into a cup, brew with boiling water, and drink after 15 minutes. Boiling porridge: Wash burdock fruit, put it into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, cook for 30 minutes, add rice to cook porridge. Identification skills: Appearance: burdock fruit is long obovate, slightly flat, slightly curved, 5 - 7 mm long, 2 - 3 mm wide. The surface is grayish brown, with purple black spots, there are several longitudinal ribs, usually 1 - 2 in the middle is more obvious. Top obtuse round, slightly wide, top ring, with punctate style remnants in the middle; base slightly narrow, with a lighter complexion. Hard pericarp, cotyledons 2, yellowish white, rich in oil. Gas slightly, bitter taste slightly spicy and slightly numb tongue. Smell: Burdock gas slightly, bitter taste slightly spicy and slightly numb tongue. Texture: Burdock texture hard, not easy to break. The above information is for reference only, if necessary, please use under the guidance of a doctor.