Pig bitter bile is usually not directly into the medicine, but dried and crushed to make the Chinese herbal medicine pig bile powder into medicine, has the effect of clearing heat and moistening dryness, relieving cough and asthma.
Pig bile powder is cold in nature, and its effects include clearing heat and moistening dryness, relieving cough and asthma, and detoxifying, and can be used for the treatment or improvement of cough, asthma, fever and dryness and thirst, eye redness, paralysis of larynx (throat redness, swelling and pain, or dryness, foreign body sensation, or throat itching and discomfort, and swallowing difficulty), jaundice, diarrhea, dysentery and constipation, and other medical conditions.
Pig bile powder is the dried product of pig bile of porcine animals, which is obtained after crushing, so pig bitter bile also has some of the above effects. The adverse reactions and contraindications of taking pig bile powder are not clear.
It should be noted that, in general, not a single herb to treat the disease, often through the combination of Chinese herbs to treat the disease. Therefore, in order to ensure the rational use of medication, it is recommended to use Chinese herbs under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis, do not use on your own.