It has the effects of clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and poison from the body), subduing swelling and relieving pain (eliminating swelling and pain), and is recommended to be taken internally by decocting in soup or powdering, or pounded for external use, and it is not recommended to be soaked in wine. Bitter gall, also known as snow gall, is bitter in taste and cold in nature, and is often used to treat sore throat caused by heat and poison, furuncle (mostly occurring on the limbs or face, small in shape with deep roots, as hard as nails), swelling and poisoning, and mouth and tongue erosion, etc. It can be used as a separate medicine, and can be paired with medicines such as honeysuckle and forsythia. It can also be used to treat dysentery and epigastric (abdominal) distension caused by dampness-heat. It is recommended that patients with related diseases, try to seek medical treatment in time to avoid self-medication and thus causing adverse consequences, if there is obvious discomfort after self-medication, they should seek medical treatment in time to avoid delaying the condition.