Scurvy grass is also known as scurvy, yellow flower scurvy grass and so on. It has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, eliminating carbuncle and draining pus.
It is slightly cold in nature, pungent and bitter in flavor, and belongs to the large intestine, stomach and liver meridians. It is effective in clearing away heat and removing toxins, eliminating carbuncles and draining pus, resolving blood stasis and relieving pain.
It is suitable for sores, carbuncles, lung carbuncles, intestinal carbuncles (carbuncles occurring in the intestines and bowels, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen and palpable lumps), post-partum abdominal pain with stasis and obstruction, and eye redness and swelling pain due to liver fever. If treating lung carbuncle with vomiting of blood, it can be used together with Dong Gua Zi, Platycodonopsis, Fritillaria; if treating postpartum stasis and abdominal pain, it can be used together with Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, Safflower, Radix Angelicae Sinensis.
People with weak spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, and loose stools should not take Fructus Scrophulariae. The adverse effects of Scurvy grass are not known. If you need to use Scurvy Cao Cao to treat your illness, it is recommended that you use it under the guidance of a professional doctor.