Watercress has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, and has a relieving effect on malaria, carbuncle (carbuncle that occurs in the bowels, manifested by fever, right abdominal pain, and palpable lumps), and burns.
Watercress is the dried whole grass of Corylus vulgaris, which is sweet, light and cool in nature, and is considered to enter the heart, lung, liver and large intestine meridians in traditional Chinese medicine, with the main effect of clearing heat and removing toxins. Clinically, it can be used to treat malaria, intestinal carbuncle swelling and bruising, burns and other diseases.
The use of watercress is decoction of soup for internal use or decoction of water for external washing. The clinical application of waterline herb is less, the contraindications and adverse reactions of the drug are not clear.
If you need to take the medicine, you need to use it under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.