牛蒡,古称恶实,是临床上常用的中草药之一。其味辛苦,性寒无毒,具有疏散风热、祛痰止咳、利咽散结和清热解毒的作用。内服对急性咽喉肿痛、风热感冒、咳嗽、麻疹不透、流行性腮腺炎等有较好的治疗效果;外用能治痈疖疮肿、丹毒、疱疹、风疹瘙痒等。牛蒡的种子和叶的作用近似,但叶多作外用,有明显的消炎、解毒、镇痛作用;牛蒡的根俗称大力根,能补虚强身。 The burdock, anciently known as the evil, is one of the commonly used herbal medicines in clinical practice. The taste is hard, cold and non-toxic, with the evacuation of wind and heat, expectorant cough, pharynx Sanjie and detoxification. Oral administration has good therapeutic effects on acute sore throat, wind-heat fever, cough, measles, mumps, etc. External use can cure scabies, erysipelas, herpes, rubella, and itching. The effect of burdock seeds and leaves is similar, but the leaves are used for external use, which has obvious anti-inflammatory, detoxification and analgesic effects. The root of burdock root is commonly known as a strong root, and it can make up for the weakness and strengthen the body.