The efficacy and function of chestnut shell

Do you know the chestnut shell? It is also called chestnut hair ball or chestnut hair shell. It is a traditional Chinese medicine with excellent efficacy. It comes from the involucre of the Fagaceae plant chestnut. It is mostly collected when its fruit is ripe. After being collected, it can be dried and used as medicine. The medicinal value of the chestnut shell is particularly high after being used as medicine. It can treat a variety of diseases. Let's take a look at the efficacy and functions of the chestnut shell.

The efficacy and function of chestnut shell

1. The efficacy of chestnut shell

The shell of the Chinese chestnut is mild in nature and bitter in taste after being used as medicine. It can detoxify, reduce swelling, and clear away heat and reduce fire. It is usually used to treat many common diseases in humans, such as erysipelas, scrofula, whooping cough, and chronic cough. It can be decocted and used during treatment, and the dosage is usually between five and thirty grams.

2. Fengli can resolve phlegm and reduce fire

Fengli can resolve phlegm and reduce internal heat. It has a good therapeutic effect on phlegm-fire nodules in humans. During treatment, the Fengli shell can be decocted with Prunella Vulgaris and taken or the Fengli shell can be decocted with candied dates. Both can play an obvious role in resolving phlegm and can quickly improve people's adverse symptoms such as cough, phlegm, and phlegm-fire nodules.

3. The shell of chestnut can detoxify and reduce swelling

Detoxification and swelling reduction is one of the important functions of Fengli husk. When people have erysipelas and swelling, they can directly boil water with Fengli husk, and then use the resulting liquid to wash the affected area, two to three times a day, which can significantly reduce the symptoms of swelling and pain in the body. In addition, Fengli husk also has a significant therapeutic effect on whooping cough in children. During treatment, it is decocted together with sugared winter melon and the best effect is achieved by letting the children take it.