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What is the function of cactus flower?

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The medicinal value of cactus has different names: Immortal Boxing (a botanical illustration of China), thorn ball, wing ball and snowball (a folk herb in Fujian). Source: the stem of cactus. Sexual taste: sweet and light, flat. 1, Fujian folk herb: "sweet, cold." 2, "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": "Cold in nature, slightly sour." 3. Hunan pharmacology: "light, flat." Indications: cough due to lung heat, blood in sputum, carbuncle swelling, soup fire injury. 1, "Fujian Folk Herbs": "Slipping intestines, purging fire and eliminating carbuncle." 2, "Luchuan Materia Medica": "Clear the heart and moisten the lungs to stop bleeding. Treating lung heat and coughing with blood in sputum. " 3, "Hunan Pharmacology": "swelling and pain relief, qi and blood circulation, dampness and fever, granulation." Usage and dosage: for oral administration: decocted, 3 ~ 5 yuan (fresh food 2 ~ 3 yuan). External use: pound or pound juice coating. Prescription: 1, for soup fire injury and snake bite: whole cactus grass, mashed with juice. (Hunan Medical Journal) 2. Cure the sore poison in the palm of your hand: cactus is all grass and broken. (Hunan Pharmacology) 3. Treatment of stomachache: cactus (peeled) three or two times, decocted in water once or twice a day. (Fujian people)