The effects of Xianhe Cao are astringency and hemostasis (treating bleeding disorders with drugs that have astringent effects), interception of malaria, stopping dysentery, detoxification, and tonifying deficiency. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that it has anti-tumor effects, but the specific effects need to be further studied.
The Chinese medicine Xianhe Cao is the above-ground part of the perennial herb Longyao Cao of the Rosaceae family. It is flat in nature, bitter and astringent in taste, and belongs to the heart and liver meridians. It has the efficacy of astringing and stopping bleeding, intercepting malaria, stopping dysentery, detoxifying, and tonifying the deficiency.
Xianhecao can be used clinically to treat a variety of bleeding, malaria, diarrhea and dysentery, carbuncle, swollen sores and poisons, and dislocation of labor and injury. The adverse effects of the drug are not clear, and the contraindications are not clear.
Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Xianhe Cao has antioxidant, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory effects, so Xianhe Cao can be used for the treatment of cancer, but there is no authoritative source of information on the specific efficacy.
If you suffer from cancer, please go to the hospital for standardized treatment, and the above drugs should be used in accordance with medical advice.