Description

Functions

• Astringent and Hemostatic: It can promote platelet aggregation and shorten the blood – clotting time, thus being effective in treating various bleeding symptoms such as hematemesis, melena, menorrhagia, and traumatic bleeding.
• Clearing Heat and Resolving Phlegm: It has the effects of clearing heat, reducing fire, resolving phlegm, and relieving cough. It is applicable to symptoms like cough due to lung – heat and yellow – thick sputum.
• Detoxifying and Astringing Sores: It can detoxify, reduce dampness, astringe sores, and promote the growth of new flesh, which helps wounds heal faster. It is used to treat non – healing sores, eczema, wet sores, dental ulcers, chancre, hemorrhoids, and other conditions.
• Antibacterial and Anti – Inflammatory: It has an inhibitory effect on many bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus, and Salmonella typhi. It can be used to treat stomatitis, gingivitis, skin infections, and other diseases.
• Regulating the Gastrointestinal Tract: It helps regulate the middle and lower jiao, improve the function of the spleen and stomach, and reduce the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases. It can also clear dampness and relieve diarrhea, which is beneficial for children with diarrhea of damp – heat type.

Applications

• Medical Field

• • Oral Administration: It is used to treat cough due to lung – heat, hemoptysis, hematemesis, melena, menorrhagia, and infantile dyspepsia. It is often used in combination with other drugs. For example, when treating cough due to lung – heat, it can be combined with mulberry leaf, borax, and perilla seed; when treating traumatic bleeding, it can be used together with dragon ‘s blood, dalbergia wood, bletilla striata, and dragon bone.
  • External Use: It can be ground into powder and sprinkled or applied externally to the affected area to treat non – healing sores, eczema, wet sores, dental ulcers, chancre, hemorrhoids, traumatic injuries, and traumatic bleeding. For example, catechu powder can be directly sprinkled on the ulcer surface to promote the healing of oral ulcers.

• Other Fields
  • Cosmetics: Due to its antibacterial, anti – inflammatory, and astringent effects, it can be added to cosmetics to treat skin problems such as acne and pimples, and it also has the effects of anti – oxidation and anti – aging.
  • Health Products: Some components in catechu powder have the effects of anti – oxidation, reducing blood lipids, reducing blood sugar, and anti – fatigue. It can be made into health products, which help improve the body ‘s immunity and prevent diseases.