Winter melon seeds can treat phlegm-heat cough, intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle that occurs in the bowels of the intestines, with fever, right abdominal pain, you can feel the lump as a manifestation) and other conditions, but the specific treatment of which is the best and fastest is not clear, the specific efficacy of the medication varies from person to person.
Winter melon seeds, sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature, can be attributed to the lung and large intestine meridians, with the effect of clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm, eliminating carbuncles and draining pus, and inducing dampness. This herb is mainly used in the treatment of lung carbuncle, subluxation, foot fungus, leucorrhea (cloudy urine like white pulp), edema, gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, dribbling and astringent pain) and other conditions.
For the treatment of lung carbuncle, add reed stem, coix seed, peach kernel; for the treatment of intestinal carbuncle, self-regulation of urination, fever at times, spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by sweating with a little movement), recurrence of chills (fear of cold), and the pulse is late and tight, add rhubarb, mengdan, peach kernel, and manganese nitrate.
There are no clear contraindications to the use of this herb, but it should be used with caution in patients with cold spleen and stomach.
Specific medication should be carried out under the guidance of a specialist, not unauthorized use of medication.