The bitter gallbladder herb named Tu Bei Mu has the efficacy of dispersing knots, subduing swelling and detoxifying, which can improve the effects of carbuncle, phlegm nuclei (lumps swollen up like nuclei under the skin), scrofula (mainly refers to the cervical lymph nodes tuberculosis) and other diseases.
It is bitter in taste and cool in nature, and can be combined with Angelica dahurica to treat the first symptoms of breast carbuncle. Combined with dandelion, orange kernel, Xia Gu Cao, honeysuckle, etc., it can relieve redness, swelling, heat and pain in the breast gland of breast cancer patients. It has the effect of reducing swelling and dispersing knots, and can also be used to treat carbuncles and sores by applying freshly crushed earth shellfish externally.
Adverse effects of Tu Bei Mu are not yet clear. Its medicinal properties are cool, and its use in large doses as a single medicine is not recommended for people with cold spleen and stomach (spleen and stomach weakness and cold).
Although Tu Bei Mu is not toxic, it should not be used indiscriminately and must be taken under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine doctor.