Can you eat the leaves of fritillary?

Fishwort is a Chinese herbal medicine, belonging to the same source of medicine and food, made from the fresh whole grass or dried above-ground parts of Houttuynia cordata of the family of Sambucus, so, the leaves of Fishwort can be eaten. Fishweed is pungent in flavor and slightly cold in nature, with the effects of clearing heat and removing toxins, eliminating carbuncle and pus, diuretic and diaphoretic (improving the problem of dribbling urine, and the problem of insufficient and inaccessible urine volume). If there is lung carbuncle spitting pus, phlegm heat, asthma and cough, hot diarrhea, hot drenching (burning and stinging pain when urinating, with frequent urination and urgency, abdominal traction discomfort), carbuncle sores and poisonous diseases, can be used to treat or improve the symptoms of fritillary herb. The medicinal part of fishweed is fresh whole grass or dried above ground part, so the leaves of fishweed can also be taken. It should be noted that the water decoction of Fritillary should not be too long in case the medicinal effect is affected. In addition, if you need to use fishy grass or other Chinese herbs, should be under the guidance of a doctor to identify the evidence, to avoid blindly indiscriminate use.