The efficacy of Fishweed leaves is to relieve diuresis, expel pus and eliminate carbuncle, detoxify and clear heat. However, drinking it in water usually does not bring out its full effect.
1. Diuretic, used for hot diarrhea, hot drenching (burning stinging pain when urinating, accompanied by urinary frequency and urgency, abdominal traction discomfort), can clear away heat to stop diarrhea, drenching. It is often used in combination with Hai Jin Sha, Plantago Ovata, Bai Mao Gen, Bitter Ginseng and Huang Lian.
2. Draining pus and eliminating carbuncle, can be used in carbuncle sores and swelling, treating heat canker sores. It can be used with honeysuckle, dandelion, chrysanthemum and other drugs.
3. Detoxification and clearing heat, can be used to treat lung fever carbuncle, chest pain, often used in conjunction with piper betel, Platycodon grandiflorum, Zhebeimu, Scutellaria baicalensis, rehmanniae and other drugs.
Fishweed in water can not play its full effect, if necessary, should go to the regular medical institutions in time to avoid delays.