Salicornia has a purgative and detoxifying effect, and its harmful effects are not known.
Salicornia is the dried flower-bearing fruit sequence of salicornia of the Rubiaceae family. Salicornia taste bitter, astringent, cool, with heat detoxification effect, clinically can be used for treatment for bacterial dysentery, hepatitis, vaginal trichomoniasis and other diseases.
Salicornia bitter drainage, work good heat disinfection carbuncle, can be used for the treatment of bacterial dysentery enteritis. This product belongs to the stomach meridian, can clear the lungs and stomach heat, but also can reduce swelling and relieve pain, can be used to treat the stomach fire, wind fire toothache and other evidence. This taste bitter, astringent, cool, can detoxify swelling, stasis bleeding function, the treatment of traumatic bleeding, can be used alone with fresh salicornia leaves or flowers pounded external compresses.
Salicylic acid needs to be taken under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine doctor’s diagnosis, and should not be taken blindly on its own, so as not to cause damage.