Cuscuta chinensis, taken internally, is effective in consolidating semen and urine, tonifying the liver and kidneys, stabilizing the fetus, brightening the eyes and stopping diarrhea, and used externally, it is effective in eliminating wind and removing blemishes.
Cuscuta is the dried and matured seeds of Cuscuta sinensis, family Cuscutaceae. Or the dried mature seeds of dodder, flat, taste pungent, sweet, can enter the liver, spleen, kidney meridian, internal use has the essence of shrinking urine, tonifying the liver and kidney, eyesight, fetal, stop diarrhea effect, external use has the effect of eliminating the wind and eliminate the effect of spots.
Clinically, the seeds can be used for the treatment of lumbar and knee soreness, urinary and urinary frequency, fetal restlessness, spleen and kidney deficiency and diarrhea, and external use can be used for the treatment of vitiligo.
Cuscuta can be taken internally, can also be used externally, its adverse effects and contraindications are not clear, the patient needs to be in the doctor under the guidance of the identification of the use of cuscuta, do not take blindly to avoid causing damage.