Xiao Tong Cao’s effects include clearing heat, inducing diuresis, and promoting lactation. It is used in conditions such as dysuria (unsmooth urination), gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, drenching and astringent pain), and lactation.
Xiao Tong Cao is a Chinese herbal medicine made from the dried stem pith of the plant Himalayan Sparkling Flower, Chinese Sparkling Flower, or the plant Green Pod Leaf, and possesses effects and actions including clearing heat, inducing diuresis, and promoting lactation.
This medicine is often used in the treatment of fever with reddish-yellow urine or urinary closure with Mutong and Psyllium; in the treatment of damp-heat gonorrhea with Talc; and in the treatment of lactation with astragalus, angelica, and wangburenxiang.
The contraindications to the use of this herb are not clear at present, but caution should be taken in the use of this herb in patients with qi deficiency without dampness-heat and pregnant women. Specific use of the drug should be carried out under the guidance of a specialist, and should not be used without authorization.