Lotus leaf, corn husk, tangerine peel, astragalus together in water efficacy have clearing heat and diuresis, benefit qi and strengthen the spleen (regulating the spleen and stomach qi), etc., but the active ingredients of Chinese herbal medicine in water are limited, it is recommended to follow the doctor’s instructions for decoction.
Lotus leaf clears summer heat, induces dampness, rises the yang and stops bleeding. It is flat in nature, bitter and astringent in taste, and is mainly used in treating summer-heat illnesses, diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency (diarrhea caused by a weak spleen) and multiple bleeding syndromes.
Cornstalks induces diuresis (relieving urination and eliminating edema), induces dampness and reduces jaundice. It is flat in nature, sweet in taste, and belongs to the bladder, liver and gallbladder meridians.
Chenpi regulates qi and strengthens the spleen (regulating qi and strengthening the spleen), dries dampness and removes phlegm (removing phlegm from the body with dampness-drying medicines), is warm in nature, pungent and bitter in taste, and belongs to the spleen and lung meridians. It can be used to treat stagnant qi in the spleen and stomach, vomiting and eructation (hiccups), coughing with damp phlegm and cold phlegm, and pectoral paralysis (chest tightness and pain) and other conditions.
Astragalus replenishes qi and strengthens the spleen, raises yang and lifts the sun (to raise the body’s yang qi to lift the sunken organs), benefits the guards and consolidates the surface, diuresis and reduces swelling, and supports the toxicity of the muscle (to expel poisonous evils and promote muscle growth and wound healing), with a mild warmth and a sweet taste, it can be used for treating the symptoms of deficiency of the spleen and qi; the symptoms of deficiency of the lungs and qi; qi-deficiency and self-sweating (involuntary daytime sweating that is aggravated by the slightest movement); qi and blood deficiency, and ulcers and other symptoms.
If you have any of the above symptoms, do not take it blindly by yourself, you need to use it under the guidance of a doctor to avoid adverse consequences.