Cuscuta australis porridge

Cuscuta australis porridge

The symptoms of allergic rhinitis of kidney deficiency type include clear nasal discharge, frequent sneezing, nasal itching and discomfort, frequent recurrence, worse in the morning and evening; soreness of waist and knees, cold body and limbs, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, frequent urination at night, pale tongue, white tongue coating, and weak pulse.

Cuscuta australis porridge

15g of Cuscuta seeds, 5g of Asarum, 100g of polished rice, and appropriate amount of sugar. Wash and mash the Cuscuta seeds and boil them with Asarum in water to remove the residue and take the juice. Add the rice to cook porridge and add sugar when the porridge is cooked.

[Medicinal use] This product is the whole herb of Asarum sieboldii or Asarum sieboldii of the Aristolochiaceae family.

[Nature and flavor and meridians] Pungent, warm. Enters the heart, lung, liver, and kidney meridians.

[Effects] Dispel wind and cold, relieve wind and pain, warm the lungs and transform phlegm.

The efficacy of Cuscuta Asarum porridge

1. Used for colds, fever, chills, headaches, body aches, nasal congestion, etc.

Asarum can mainly dispel cold and relieve pain, and is often used together with Notopterygium, Schizonepeta, Chuanxiong, etc. to treat severe headaches caused by exogenous wind-cold. It can also be used for symptoms of exogenous wind-cold and excessive yin-cold in the body, and must be used together with ephedra, aconite, etc.

2. Used for headache, toothache, and rheumatic pain.

Asarum has strong analgesic effect and has significant curative effect on headache and toothache. For headache, it can be used together with Notopterygium root, Angelica dahurica, etc., and for toothache, it can be used together with Angelica dahurica, Gypsum, etc. For rheumatic arthralgia, it is suitable for those with cold and dampness, and it can be used together with Notopterygium root, Chuanwu, Caowu, etc.

3. Used for cough with excessive phlegm.

Asarum can warm the lungs and resolve phlegm and fluid, so it is mainly used to treat lung cold cough, excessive phlegm with thin texture and white color. It is often used in combination with dried ginger, pinellia, etc.

This product can also clear the nasal passages and treat mouth sores. For sinusitis, it is often used in combination with Angelica dahurica; for mouth sores, you can use only Asarum, grind it into powder and apply it to the navel.