Tiger Balm in water to drink because of the limited efficacy of the play, may not be able to achieve the purpose of the cure, only to improve some of the symptoms, so there is no “cure what disease is best” said. Tiger Balm is often used in the treatment of damp-heat type jaundice, bring down the gonorrhea and other diseases.
Tiger Balm is slightly bitter in taste, slightly cold in nature, and can be used in the liver, gallbladder and lung meridians. It has the effects of inducing dampness and relieving jaundice, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxins from the body), and dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. It is suitable for jaundice and damp-heat, bring down gonorrhea, bruises, lung heat and cough, rheumatism and paralysis, carbuncle, swelling and sores and other diseases. The efficacy of drinking water is limited, can not completely replace the drug treatment, only to alleviate the disease.
Clinical often will be used alone or and other drugs with the decoction, such as and Yin Chen, gardenia, cypress with the treatment of damp-heat jaundice. It is also used alone in the treatment of dysthymia (cloudy urine and leukorrhea) and astringent pain in urine caused by damp-heat condensation (the accumulation of dampness and heat in the body) in the bladder.
This herb can also be powdered and applied with sesame oil to improve the yellow water and burning pain caused by water and fire burns. Tiger Balm is bitterly cold and activates blood circulation, so pregnant women should be cautious about using it.
When choosing Tiger Balm to treat diseases, it should be under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, according to their own conditions, reasonable choice, do not self-medication.