What is the effect of topical application of Sambucus quinquefolius?

Snake bed seed five times the effect of external use is to collect dampness and astringent sores, kill insects and stop itching. Snake bed seed has insecticidal itching, warm tonic kidney yang (warm supplement kidney yang qi), dispel wind and dampness (dispel wind and dampness in the body) efficacy, external use is mainly insecticidal itching, for the treatment of pubic wet itching, eczema, scabies, etc., usually need to decoction soup fumigation. Yin deficiency and fire (Yin essence deficiency in the body, the emergence of excessive fire) or the lower Jiao have dampness and heat should not be taken internally snake bed seed. Five times the seeds have astringent lung (astringent lung qi) to lower the fire, stop diarrhea, stop bleeding, astringent sweating, astringent dampness, astringent sores, external use is mainly the effect of astringent dampness, for wet sores running, sores, swollen and poisonous, ulcers do not dissipate, etc. has a certain effect, usually decoction of external wash or powdered compress in the affected area. Damp-heat diarrhea (feeling the diarrhea caused by damp-heat evil) should not use five times the seeds. Discomfort should be timely medical treatment, under the guidance of the physician’s diagnosis and selection of medication, not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.