What is the function of willow buds?

1. Heat-clearing and detoxicating willow buds taste bitter, and have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxicating, removing fire and promoting diuresis. They are usually used for adjuvant treatment of upper respiratory tract infection, pharyngolaryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, viral hepatitis, mumps, mastitis, cystitis, urethritis, erysipelas and other inflammatory infections.

2. Willow buds have the functions of dispelling wind, resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and relieving convulsion, and can be used to treat common cold, fever, headache, runny nose, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, palpitation and delayed rash.

3. Regulating body temperature Salix bud contains salicin, which can be used as the temperature regulation center in hypothalamus after entering the circulatory system, triggering the reaction of heat generation or heat dissipation in vivo, so Salix bud has the function of regulating human body temperature.

4. Iodine supplementation is a kind of wild food with high nutritional value. It contains some natural salicin and tannin, and also contains a variety of trace elements, among which the content of trace element iodine is the best, which can meet the needs of the normal work of various organs of the body and can also be used for the adjuvant treatment of some iodine deficiency diseases.