Sanghuang can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine, which mainly has the effect of activating blood, stopping bleeding, stopping diarrhea, and so on, and there is no so-called top ten effects.
The source of Sanghuang is the fruiting body of the fungus Firewood Laminaria of the family Polyporaceae, which is slightly bitter in taste, cold in nature, non-toxic; it belongs to the liver and kidney meridians, and has the efficacy of invigorating blood circulation, stopping blood circulation, and stopping diarrhea, etc. It can be used for the treatment of menstrual closure, obstruction of symptoms, obstruction of the masses in the abdomen (a condition of abdominal accumulation of lumps, distension, or pain), menstrual leakage (excessive menstrual flow or more than a drip), haematochezia (the appearance of blood in the urine and the accompaniment of a painful sensation), prolapse of anus with diarrhea and diarrhea caused by the deficiency of spleen (the spleen is weak). (diarrhea caused by a weak spleen) and other conditions.
Sanghuang can be decocted into soup for internal use, or into the pill, bulk, can also be appropriate amount of powdered dressing for external use, its adverse effects and contraindications are not clear, but as a Chinese herbal medicine, the specific use of the physician’s diagnosis should be carried out under the guidance of the doctor, can not be blindly used on their own.