Fishweed can be used with 15 to 25g of dried or double the fresh product boiled water decoction soup for internal use, the specific medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.
Fishweed is the whole grass or ground part of Houttuynia cordata, family Sambucaceae, with pungent flavor, slightly cold in nature, and belonging to the lung meridian. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying toxins, eliminating carbuncle and pus, diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve the problem of dribbling in urine, and the problem of small amount of urine not being able to pass).
Fishwort is used for lung carbuncle and pus, phlegm-heat asthma and cough, hot diarrhea, heat drenching (burning and stinging pain is obvious when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen), carbuncle, swelling, and sores. The adverse effects of the drug are not clear, and it is contraindicated in cold deficiency and yin sores.
The use of fishweed is 15 to 25g of dried or double the fresh product boiled water decoction soup for internal use. If you have a need for medication, it is recommended that you use it under the guidance of a professional physician, not blindly self-medication.