The efficacy and function of Baitongcao
Release time : 06/08/2025 09:30:01
Have you heard of the Tongcao snail soup? It's a dish made with tang cao (a kind of herb) and snails, which is said to stimulate lactation.
Tongcao and edible tortoise, bean sprouts are boiled together in a soup, which has the functions of warming the center, reducing qi, promoting diuresis and promoting lactation.
The main treatment for postpartum lactation failure and edema in women.
In addition to Baitongcao crucian carp soup, there are many other ways to make Baitongcao! Are you curious? Let's start learning about the effects and functions of Baitongcao with the help of the Mom's Encyclopedia! The efficacy and function of Baitongcao is to clear heat and promote diuresis, promote milk flow and clear the orifices, and treat postpartum milk deficiency and inability to produce milk
Baitongcao is used for conditions such as damp heat accumulation, short and red urine, or astringent and painful urination. However, it has a thin odor and a weak effect. Baitongcao can also be used in combination with wooden logs and talc
When used to treat damp and warm diseases, Bai Tong Cao can be used in combination with Job's tears, Job's tears, and bamboo leaves
If used to treat milk scarcity, Bai Tong Cao can be decocted and taken with pig trotters, pangolins, Chuanxiong, licorice, and other ingredients
Let me remind everyone, if you want to increase the effectiveness of breast milk production, you can combine White Passionflower with plaice or pig's feet in a stew. There is also an even more effective recipe: mix White Passionflower with two seahorses and wrap them in cloth, then place them in the belly of a mature hen and vigorously boil it. This method has the best effect on increasing breast milk production.
In summary, the effects of white lotus can be summarized as follows: 1. Lotus root can treat heat-induced urinary retention and strictures.
2. Burdock root can stimulate lactation.
3. Tongcao can treat kidney swelling.
4. Tongcao is effective in treating nasal abscesses, where there is a blockage in the breathing passages, loss of sense of smell and taste, and presence of polyps.
5. Tongca can alleviate post-strength vomiting.
Bai Tong Cao is a type of herb, characterized by its cylindrical shape.
Surface white or pale yellowish, with shallow transverse grooves.
Lightweight, soft in texture, slightly elastic, easy to break, flat in cross-section, with a silver white luster
Odorless and tasteless
Baitongcao is rich in various components, including ash, fat, protein, crude fiber, and polysaccharides
In addition, it also contains various trace metal elements and amino acids
Bai Tong Cao is primarily used for its therapeutic effects on urinary retention, pyelitis, edema, insufficient breast milk secretion, and blurred vision, as well as its ability to relieve congestion and stop nosebleeds.
The primary function is still diuresis and promoting urination, specifically treating damp-heat urinary pain, difficulty in urination, and insufficient lactation postpartum.
I heard of a dish made with Astragalus, which is called "Astragalus Carp Soup," right? It's made by combining Astragalus and carp. It has the effect of promoting lactation.
Coix seed, with the function of reducing swelling and promoting urination, promote lactation and is boiled together with carp, bean sprouts to make soup, which has the function of warming middle and lowering qi, promoting urination and lactation.
The prescription is primarily used for the treatment of insufficient lactation and edema in postpartum women.
Apart from Bai Tong Cattle Soup, there are many ways to use Bai Tong Caulis. 1. Bai Tong Caulis Pork Soup Ingredients: Fresh Pomfret (Polyuris) one, Black Bean Sprouts 30g, Bai Tong Caulis 3g, and an appropriate amount of salt.
Instructions: 1. Remove the fish's scales, gills, and innards, wash them thoroughly.
Clean black bean sprouts.
2. Place the pot on the heat, add an appropriate amount of water, put the fish in, simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Then add the bean sprouts and Tong cao, season with refined salt, let the fish cook until the soup is ready, then remove the bean sprouts and Tong cao.
II. White Spider Lily Soup with Pork Trotter Ingredients: One pork trotters, 3g of Spiegela (traditional Chinese medicine), 5 black goji berries, 3 slices of ginger, and 2 stalks of green onion white. Preparation steps: 1. Clean all the ingredients thoroughly.
Pig's feet are cut into chunks.
Cut scallions into sections
2. Pour cold water into the pot and add pig trotters
Set the pot on fire and blanch it
3. Blanch until boiling for about 3 minutes
Take out the pig trotters and wash away the foam
4. Take a clay pot
Put all the main ingredients, toppings, and seasonings into the pot, pour in cold water, and open fire
5. After boiling over high heat, reduce the heat and simmer for one hour
Just add a little less salt
Is Baitongcao toxic? Baitongcao, also known as Tongcao
Tongcao is the stem and marrow of Tongtuo wood, a plant in the Araliaceae family. It belongs to the lung and stomach meridians, and can clear water
Breastfeeding, used for the astringency and pain of gonorrhea
Difficulty urinating
Edema.
Jaundice.
Wet-warm disease
Short and red urine
Postpartum milk loss
Menstrual closure
Take it down
At present, there is no relevant information to prove that Tongcao is toxic, so it generally does not have any impact
And Qi Bai Tong Cao also has very beneficial effects on the human body
Baitongcao can clear heat and promote diuresis, promote milk circulation, and treat postpartum milk deficiency and milk retention
Bai Tong Cao is used for damp heat accumulation, short and red urine, or symptoms such as dribbling and pain. However, its odor is thin and its effect is weak. Bai Tong Cao can be used in combination with Mu Tong and talc
Baitongcao is used to treat damp and warm diseases, and can be paired with coix seed and nutmeg seed
Bamboo leaves are equivalent in use
Used for rare milk, it can be decocted and consumed with pig trotters, pangolins, Chuanxiong, licorice, and other ingredients
Boil Bai Tong Cao with crucian carp or pig's feet for better lactation effect
Add two seahorses to Bai Tong Cao, wrap it in sandpaper, and place it on the belly of an old mother chicken to cook vigorously for the best milk effect
Bai Tong Cao is used for symptoms of damp-heat accumulation, such as short and scanty urination or painful urination with retention. However, its properties are thin and its effects are slow and weak; it can be used in combination with other herbs like Mu Tong and Huang Shi to enhance its efficacy.
In treating damp-heat syndrome, it can be combined with Coix seed and Atractylodes rhizome.
Bamboo leaves are used interchangeably.
For insufficient milk production, it can be decocted with pig's hoof, pangolin, Chuanxiong, and Glycyrrhiza.
In summary, Astragalus is generally safe to eat.
The difference between Tong Cao and Bai Tong Cao is that both are a medicinal herb. The common names of Tong Cao include Kouda, Lingnan, Tongdatuomu, Chongcao, Bai Tongcao, Tonghua, Tongdahai, Wujiafeng, Damuliangdong.
Dry stems and marrow of the genus pentaspermum.
Indications: For treating insufficient urination, gonorrhea, edema, mastitis, and inability to produce breast milk, as well as for treating blurred vision and stuffy nose.
1. Diuretic and Limbolytic: Indicated for treating damp-heat-induced painful urination and difficulty in urine passage.
2. Breast-enriching: Effective in treating postpartum lactation failure, can be appropriately combined with other medications, and is applicable to both deficiency and excess syndromes.
Tongcao is the medulla of Tongdacheng, a plant of the genus Acanthopanax.
Tongdoumu (Aucuba chinensis) is a deciduous shrub or small tree, growing in sunny, fertile soils at altitudes below 2800 m. It is also cultivated in rotation. It is distributed from southwest China to Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi.
In autumn, select 3 years or older poles, cut suitable sections from the stem, remove the pith using a fine wooden stick or round bamboo tube, and gently straighten. Dry in a dry place.
The medical information provided in this text is for reference only and should not be used to diagnose or treat any medical condition.
In the event of discomfort, it is advised to seek medical attention immediately for accurate diagnosis and treatment by a physician in person.