It is also used to clear heat and remove toxins, stop bleeding and stop dysentery; it is used to benefit the qi and strengthen the spleen (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach), resolve phlegm and stop coughing, and remove heat and remove toxins; and it is used to clear the wind and clear heat, brighten the eyes, and promote the production of body fluid. It is also effective in clearing heat and removing toxins, stopping bleeding and stopping dysentery, treating carbuncle, swollen sores and poison, bleeding from blood heat, and damp-heat diarrhea (diarrhea caused by feeling damp-heat). Pregnant women should be cautious. Gynostemma has the effect of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, clearing heat and removing toxins, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, treating qi deficiency and yin injury, lung heat and phlegm, post-disease weakness, coughing and shortness of breath, palpitations (heartbeat accelerated, often accompanied by panic), insomnia and so on. Bitter tea has the effect of dispersing wind and clearing heat, brightening the eyes, and promoting the production of fluids, and is mainly used for treating wind-heat headache, redness of the eyes, mouth sores, toothache, fever and thirst, diarrhea, dysentery. It should be used with caution for those with spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness (spleen and stomach weakness and cold). Specific medication should be used under the guidance of a physician.