Half-summer is mainly used to treat cough, dizziness, vomiting, abdominal distension, swelling on both sides of the laryngeal nodes in front of the neck caused by phlegm-dampness, phlegm-drinking internal stagnation, and qi stagnation, and so on, and the specific use of the drug should be in accordance with the doctor’s prescription. Half-summer is warm in nature, pungent in taste, and belongs to the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. Its effects include drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm in the body by drying dampness), subduing rebelliousness and stopping vomiting (stopping the upward rush of gastric qi, stopping vomiting), and subduing lumps and dispersing lumps. It is mainly used to treat cough, asthma, wet phlegm and cold phlegm caused by phlegm-dampness; dizziness, palpitation, headache, vomiting, regurgitation, chest tightness, inability to eat or drink, and feeling that there is a foreign body in the throat that cannot be swallowed or spit out caused by phlegm-drinking (a pathological product of impaired metabolism of water and liquid). Half-summer can be used externally to eliminate lumps and dissipate knots, and can be used to treat enlarged laryngeal nodes on both sides of the neck, or bead-like cumbersome organisms in the front of the neck, superficial or deep abscesses of the skin, and venomous snake bites. Note: Half-summer is warm and dry in nature, and should be used with caution in cases of yin deficiency and dry cough, hemorrhage, yellow pus phlegm, and phlegm that is dry and difficult to cough up; it should not be used with Chuanwu, Caowu, appendicia and their products; raw half-summer is highly toxic, so it should be taken with caution. In addition, the efficacy of a single medicine is limited, and cannot replace the therapeutic effect of Chinese medicine soup or proprietary Chinese medicine, and Chinese medicine needs to be used in accordance with the evidence, if you are not feeling well and need to use medicine, please go to the hospital in a timely manner, and use the medication under the guidance of the doctor’s diagnosis.