Burdock is usually used as burdock seed, which has the effect of dispersing wind-heat, promoting the lungs to penetrate the rash, and relieving the pharynx and detoxifying the toxin. It has the function of treating wind-heat colds, sore throat, impermeable rash, carbuncle sores and ulcers.
Burdock seed is the fruit of burdock plant, family Asteraceae, and is mainly used for the treatment of wind-heat colds, headache, sore throat, rash, carbuncle sores, cough, sores and poisons, athlete’s foot, eczema and other diseases.
Adverse effects of burdock are unclear. Stir-frying may slightly reduce its bitter-cold and bowel-sliding properties. It should be used with caution in cases of Qi deficiency and loose stools (thin, unformed feces).
If you need to use the medicine, you need to use it after identification by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, do not use it on your own to avoid adverse effects.