Xia Kucao is a Chinese medicine, with heat and fire, bright eyes and other effects, whether children can be used by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner according to the condition of the judgment, independent of age, children need to be guided by a physician to use the drug.
Xia Kucao is the dried fruit spikes of Xia Kucao, family Labiatae, taste pungent, bitter, cold, attributed to the liver, gallbladder meridian, has the efficacy of clearing away heat and diarrhea, brightening the eyes, dispersing knots and eliminating swelling.
It is used in the treatment of redness and swelling of the eyes, nocturnal pain of the eyeballs, headache and dizziness, scrofula (mainly refers to tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck), gall tumors (equivalent to thyroid tumors), carbuncle (red, swollen, and painful breasts, with poor drainage of breast milk, and ultimately a purulent disease), breast fetish (a painful lump in the breasts, which is closely related to the menstrual cycle and changes in emotions and moods, equivalent to mammary hyperplasia), and distension of the breasts.
Caution should be exercised for people with weak spleen and stomach. Adverse effects of the drug are not known. If there are similar symptoms, seek medical advice and use the medicine as prescribed.