Xia Gu Cao can be taken as decoction, pill, powder, or paste, but the specific method of taking should be chosen by the doctor according to the condition. Xia Gu Cao has the effect of clearing the liver and diarrhea, brightening the eyes, dispersing knots and eliminating swelling.
Xia Gu Cao is the dried fruit of the plant Xia Gu Cao, cold in nature, pungent and bitter in flavor, attributed to the liver and gallbladder meridian. It is used for eye redness and swelling pain, eyeball night pain, headache and dizziness, scrofula (mainly refers to the neck lymph node tuberculosis), breast pain, breast fetish (breast pain and lumps, closely related to the menstrual cycle and emotional changes, equivalent to breast hyperplasia), breast swelling and pain and other diseases.
Xia Gu Cao is often used with chrysanthemum and stone vitex for treating eye redness, headache and dizziness caused by inflammation of liver fire; if it is used for pain in the eyeballs caused by liver deficiency, it can be used with Angelica sinensis and Paeonia lactiflora.
It should be noted that people with weak spleen and stomach should take it with caution. Drugs should be taken under the guidance of a physician, do not self-medication, to avoid causing adverse consequences.