Yellow flower sorrel plant is very good for treating sore throat.
According to traditional medicine, yellow flower tamarind has a sour taste and cool properties; has the effect of cooling, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, soothing, lowering blood pressure and improving digestion. Often used to treat sore throat, fever, cough, hepatitis, urinary tract diseases.
Yellow flower tamarind has other names such as tac tuong thao, toan tuong thao, ba chia, tam diep toan... It is a perennial herb that grows close to the ground. The stem is slender, usually light red, slightly hairy. The leaves have long petioles bearing 3 thin heart-shaped leaflets. The flowers grow in clusters of 2-3 flowers, sometimes 4 yellow flowers. The capsule is elongated, when ripe it opens with 5 valves, throwing the seeds far away. The seeds are oval, dark brown, flat, and humped. The plant grows wild everywhere, usually in cool, moist soil in gardens, on the edges of fields and wastelands. People often use the fresh plant as a vegetable and medicine, rarely drying it.
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Prescription using yellow flower tamarind:
Treat sore throat, swollen and painful throat: 50g yellow tamarind, 2g salt, chew and swallow both slowly.
High fever, restlessness, thirst: Use a handful of yellow tamarind, crush, add water and squeeze to get the juice to drink.
Cough due to heat: 40g of yellow flower tamarind, 40g of pennywort, 20g of river bone leaves, 20g of chicken grass. Use all herbs fresh, wash, crush, squeeze to get the juice, add 1 teaspoon of sugar, boil again, divide into 3 doses to drink during the day.
Cure whooping cough: 10g yellow flower tamarind leaves, 12g lemon root, 8g chives leaves, 8g river bone leaves, 5g bitter melon seeds, 2g alum, boil to get concentrated water, add sugar to drink.
Support treatment of high blood pressure: 30g of yellow flower tamarind, 10g of dried grass, 15g of yellow chrysanthemum, decoct and drink once a day.
Support treatment of hepatitis, jaundice: 30g of yellow flower tamarind, boil to get the water and divide into several times to drink during the day. Or: 30g of tamarind, 30g of lean pork, cook into soup, eat both the water and the meat.
Constipation and urinary incontinence: A handful of yellow tamarind and plantain each (about 20g), wash, add a little sugar, crush, squeeze out a cup of juice to drink.
Injury, pain and swelling from a fall: Heat a large handful of yellow tamarind and rub it on the injured area.
Note:The stems and leaves of the tamarind contain oxalic acid and especially potassium oxalate in high concentrations, which can form oxalate stones in the bladder and cause kidney stones. Therefore, people who have had kidney stones should not use it. Pregnant women should be careful.
