Cornhusk can be combined with medicines such as Yin Chen, Yu Jin, Gardenia and other medicines to boil water to drink, but the specific combination of medicines need to be decided by the doctor according to the patient’s condition.
Cornhusk, has the effect of inducing water retention and eliminating swelling, promoting dampness and jaundice (eliminating dampness and eliminating jaundice). It is used for treating edema, jaundice, dysuria (unsmooth urination) or short and red urination (small amount of urination with dark yellow color).
Yin Chen, with the efficacy of clearing dampness and heat, inducing diuresis and relieving jaundice (dredging the biliary tract to eliminate jaundice). It is used in treating jaundice with low urine output, dampness and warmth (warmth caused by feeling dampness and heat), summer dampness. Caution should be exercised in cases of yellowing due to blood accumulation and yellowing due to blood deficiency.
Tulujin, treating heat illness with dizziness, vomiting of blood, epistaxis, reversal of menstruation, blood in urine, hemorrhagic drench (blood in urine accompanied by pain), cholelithiasis. Yin deficiency and blood loss and no qi stagnation and blood stasis should not be taken, pregnant women should be cautious.
Gardenia, with diarrhea fire to remove annoyance, clearing heat and dampness, cooling blood and detoxification effect. It is used for treating heat disease, jaundice with damp-heat, astringent pain of blood gushing, epistaxis with blood-heat (spitting out blood and nosebleed due to blood-heat), and swelling and pain of red eyes. It is not suitable for people with deficiency of yin and blood, spleen deficiency and loose stools (thin and unformed feces).
It should be noted that the efficacy of Chinese medicine tea substitute is limited and it cannot be used as a substitute for medication in the treatment of diseases. The use of the above medicines requires medical supervision.