Lala Yang, also known as Humulus japonicus, is effective in clearing heat and removing toxins, as well as diuretic and decongestant.
Humulus japonicus is the whole grass of Humulus japonicus in the mulberry family. It is bitter, sweet and cold in nature, and belongs to the lung and kidney meridians. It is effective in clearing heat and removing toxins, diuretic and diaphoretic (improving the problem of dribbling and incomplete urination).
It can be used in treating lung-heat cough, deficiency-heat and thirst, heat drenching (burning and stinging pain during urination, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the abdomen), edema, dysuria (irregular urination), damp-heat diarrhea (diarrhea caused by feeling damp-heat evils), heat-poison sores, itching of the skin, etc. It can also be used to relieve the pain of urination, and improve the urination of the lung.
Adverse effects of Humulus lupulus are not known; contraindications are not known; it should be noted that it should be used with caution in patients with non-heat-related diseases.
Before using Humulus lupulus, it should be used correctly and standardized under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and should not be used on its own, so as not to cause adverse effects on the body.