Xia Gu Cao cannot lower blood pressure, but it can improve dizziness, headache and other discomforts caused by elevated blood pressure when used in a discriminatory manner.
Xia Gu Cao is pungent, bitter and cold in nature, and belongs to the liver and gallbladder meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat and fire (removing heat and fire from the body), brightening the eyes, dispersing knots and eliminating swelling.
Clinically, Xia Gu Cao is mainly used to treat eye redness and swelling caused by liver fire, eye pain caused by deficiency of liver yin, as well as to treat liver depression and fire (liver qi blockage leading to the production of fire and heat), phlegm and fire coagulation leading to scrofula (mainly refers to the neck lymph node nodules), carbuncle and pain, and fever sores and ulcers.
Xia Ku Cao purges liver fire and can be used for vertigo and headache caused by hyperactivity of liver yang (liver yang is overactive, causing dizziness, dizziness, headache and other symptoms), with Scutellaria baicalensis, Magnesia and mother-of-pearl.
Xia Gu Cao should be used with caution for those with weak spleen and stomach. Adverse reactions are not known.
If you need to use Xia Gu Cao, please take it as prescribed by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to avoid delay.