Eggplant root generally refers to the root of eggplant, which can be used medicinally, boiled water can be used to treat edema, chronic cough, chronic bronchitis in the elderly and other conditions.
The medicinal source of eggplant root is the dried root and rhizome of eggplant, family Solanaceae, which is flat in nature, with the effect of clearing heat and dampness, dispelling wind and relieving cough, astringing and stopping hemorrhage (treating bleeding conditions with medicines that have the effect of astringency), and it can be used to treat or ameliorate the conditions such as edema, prolonged cough, chronic bronchitis in the elderly, prolonged dysentery, leucorrhoea, spermatorrhea, and urinary hematuria.
In addition, eggplant root is cool and slippery in nature, therefore, it should be used with caution for people with cold spleen and stomach, indigestion, intestinal slippage and diarrhea. This drug is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions for rational use of medication, not self-medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.