Efficacy and effects of Gangmei

The efficacy of Gangmei is to clear away heat and detoxify the toxin, promote the production of body fluid and benefit the pharynx, and dissolve blood stasis to relieve pain.
The medicinal source of Gangmei is the dried roots and stems of the plant Plum Leaf Holly, family Hollyaceae. Its taste is bitter, slightly sweet and cool in nature, and it belongs to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat and removing toxins, generating body fluid, inducing diuresis in the throat, resolving blood stasis and relieving pain, and it can be used for treating fever, thirst and sore throat caused by colds, and bruises and swelling and pain caused by traumatic injuries.
This product clears heat, generates fluids and quenches thirst, and can be used alone as a decoction if treating dryness and thirst from fever. It also clears heat and removes toxins, and can be used to treat sore throat; if treating double-single laryngeal moths, it can be used with bamboo bee, Chenpi, and xinxin; if treating pediatric whooping cough, it can be used with leucaena leucocephala, but pay attention to the dosage.
The adverse reactions and contraindications of the drug are not clear. If there is a need for medication, it is recommended that it be used under the guidance of a professional physician, not blindly self-medication.