There is no age limit on the use of fishweed medicine, children take fishweed also have clear heat and detoxification, carbuncle pus, etc., can be used for phlegm, heat and cough, carbuncle pus, etc., but it is recommended to follow the regular use of decoction, if the direct infusion of water can be analyzed to a limited number of active ingredients.
Fishweed is the fresh grass or dried ground part of Houttuynia cordata, family Sambucus. It is pungent in flavor and slightly cold in nature. Attributed to the lung meridian. It can clear away heat and detoxify toxins, eliminate carbuncle and expel pus, diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve the problem of dribbling in urine, and the problem of insufficient and inaccessible amount of urine). It is used in treating lung carbuncle and spitting out pus, phlegm-heat cough and asthma, hot diarrhea, feverish drenching (burning and stinging pain during urination, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen), carbuncle, swelling, and sores.
Fishweed should not be decocted for a long time, the dosage of fresh product needs to be doubled, can be decocted in water or pounded juice. In addition, fishy grass can also be pounded or decoction of fumigation outside the affected area. However, it should be noted that the cold syndrome and negative sores and ulcers should not be taken, the specific use of medication is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions.