Fishweed has the efficacy of clearing heat and detoxification, chrysanthemum has the efficacy of evacuating wind-heat and suppressing liver-yang, the two together have the benefits and efficacy of clearing heat and detoxification, evacuating wind-heat and suppressing liver-yang, etc. It is suitable for patients with exogenous wind-heat or hyperactivity of liver-yang (liver-yang biased exuberance, which causes dizziness, dizziness, headache, etc.), and the healthy people should not take the medication without authorization.
Fishweed is the dried above-ground part of Houttuynia cordata, a plant of Houttuynia cordata. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, eliminating carbuncle and draining pus, diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve the problem of dribbling in urine, and the problem of insufficient and inaccessible amount of urine).
Fishweed is mainly used for treating lung carbuncle and vomiting pus, heat sores and carbuncles (sores and carbuncles appearing on the surface of the skin because of excessive heat and toxins in the body), and damp-heat diarrhea (diarrhea caused by feeling damp-heat evil). Its adverse reactions, contraindications, precautions are not yet clear.
Chrysanthemum is the dried head-like inflorescence of the chrysanthemum plant Chrysanthemum. It has the efficacy of dispersing wind-heat, calming liver-yang (using heavy town herbs to suppress the upwardly exuberant liver-yang), clearing the liver and brightening the eyes, and clearing heat and removing toxins. It is used for treating wind-heat and cold, dizziness of liver-yang, and redness and dimness of the eyes. Its adverse effects, contraindications and precautions are not yet clear.
If there is a need for medication, it should be used under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used blindly on its own to avoid adverse effects.