Litchi kernel should be decocted into soup under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.
Litchi kernel is a traditional Chinese medicine, which is the dried mature seeds of Litchi plant of Sapindaceae family. This Chinese medicine has the efficacy of moving qi and dispersing knots, dispersing cold and relieving pain. It is mainly used for treating cold hernia and abdominal pain (acute abdominal pain caused by internal cold and external wind-cold), testicular swelling and pain. This product is used as decoction for internal use. The adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions of this product are not clear at present.
Clinically, it is not used as a single medicine, but often combined with tangerine kernel for the treatment of hernia (a condition characterized by enlargement and pain in the abdomen, testicles and scrotum), testicular swelling and pain, stagnation of qi and blood, and intra-abdominal masses; combined with neem, it has therapeutic effect on hernia pain.
If you have a need for medication, you need to use it under the guidance of a Chinese doctor to identify the symptoms, and not blindly use the medication on your own to avoid adverse consequences.