Bai bu cools the lungs and treats coughs.

The plant is also called the thirty-vine, a vine 5-8m long, with a small, smooth stem, opposite leaves with heart-shaped stems, and yellow and red flowers growing in the leaf axils.

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The capsule has 4 seeds, the root consists of 10-30 tubers, sometimes up to 100 tubers, 15-20cm long, 1.5-2cm in diameter, yellowish-white, sweet taste then very bitter. Bach bo grows wild everywhere: Ha Nam, Ha Tay, Hoa Binh, Thai Nguyen, Bac Can... The part used as medicine is the tuber (root).

In addition to substances such as glucid 2.8%, lipid 0.8%, protid 9%, organic acids, people also get many alcolit substances from the roots of the plant, mainly the substance S temonin.

S temonin has the effect of inhibiting cough reflex, sterilizing in the large intestine, antibiotic for dysentery bacteria, paratyphoid, antiseptic, treating worms, eliminating bedbugs. Drink the water extract of the plant with a dose of 3 teaspoons at a time to eliminate worms.

Medicines containing the herb Bai Bu

Treatment of chronic cough

Recipe 1: 12g of Bai bu, 12g of Tu vien, 10g of Kinh gioi, 10g of Cat canh, 10g of Bach tien, 8g of tangerine peel, 4g of licorice. Boil and drink in the morning and evening after meals 45-60 minutes.

Recipe 2: 12g of Bai Bu, 10g of Tang Bai Pi, 10g of Asparagus, 10g of Ophiopogon, 10g of Chuan Bei Mu, 8g of Loquat, 8g of Schisandra, 12g of Zi Yuan. Boil and drink 45-60 minutes after meals.

Treat sudden cough: Soak the roots of the plant in alcohol, drink a small cup each time, 45-60 minutes after eating.

Or raw ginger, fritillary, equal amounts, decoct and drink.

Or drink the honey-soaked root.

Children cough due to cold: 30g of roasted Bai Bu, 30g of burned Ephedra, peeled and pointed almonds, roast, grind and boil to get water, mix with the 2 above herbs, crush into pills the size of soapberry seeds, take 2-3 pills each time with warm water.

Treatment of chronic cough (10-20 years): 1,000g of Bai bu, crushed to get the juice to make it as thick as malt. Drink 3 times a day, 1 teaspoon each time.

Treating insects in the ear: Grind the Chinese angelica root and mix with vegetable oil (cooking oil) and apply on the ear flap (ear gate).

Bai bu wine to treat cough: Cut Bai bu into pieces, stir-fry, put in a bag, soak in wine for 15 days. Drink a small glass every day after meals.

Worm treatment: 12g of Bai bu, decoct and drink early in the morning on an empty stomach, drink 5 consecutive mornings. Then drink a laxative.

Pinworm treatment: 40g fresh Bai Bu (20g dry), boil water until 30ml remains. Insert into the anus, hold the medicine for 20 minutes. Do this once a day, do it continuously for 10 days and the pinworms will be gone.

Kill flies: add a little sugar to the decoction of the Chinese clematis plant, 60% of flies will die after eating it.

Burning the plant to get smoke will drive away flies, mosquitoes, fleas, and lice.

Sprinkle the powder into the manure pit to kill maggots.

According to Health & Life - NT