Fishweed boiled in water has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification (removing heat, poison and evil from the body), diuretic and diaphoretic (improving the problem of dribbling urine, and the problem of small and impassable amount of urine), and so on.
Fishweed is the name of a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which is pungent in flavor, slightly cold in nature, and belongs to the lung meridian, and is the dried aboveground part of Houttuynia cordata, a plant of the family Houttuyniaceae, in the family of Sambucus. It has the efficacy of clearing away heat and detoxification, eliminating carbuncle and discharging pus (eliminating carbuncle and discharging pus), diuretic and diaphoretic.
This product is mainly used for treating lung carbuncle spitting pus, lung-heat cough, heat sores and carbuncles (sores and carbuncles appearing on the surface of the skin due to excessive heat and toxins in the body), damp-heat gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, drenching and astringent pain), and damp-heat diarrhea (diarrhea caused by feeling damp-heat evils), and so on.
Adverse reactions to Fishwort can be seen as dizziness, stomach upset, and so on. Note that this product is prohibited for those who are allergic to this product, allergic individuals should be cautious, deficiency and cold syndrome and yin evidence of sores and ulcers should be avoided.
If you need to take this medicine, you should consult a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner for evidence-based guidance and follow the doctor’s instructions to use the medicine, and should not take the medicine on your own.