Five common household potted plants can serve as a small medicine cabinet

Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum), the whole plant can be used as medicine. Sweet taste; slightly bitter; cool in nature. It can resolve phlegm and relieve cough; dissipate blood stasis and reduce swelling; clear heat and detoxify. Mainly used for high fever in children, cough due to lung heat, vomiting blood, bruises and swelling, etc.

Sago palm (Cycas revoluta), its leaves are sweet and warm in nature, can astringe and stop bleeding, invigorate blood and relieve pain. Decocted and taken at 15 to 50 grams, it can treat lumbago, stomach pain, joint aching, and amenorrhea.

Magnolia (Magnolia denudata), its flower buds are pungent and warm in nature, can dispel wind, induce sweating, and clear nasal congestion. Decocted and taken at 5 to 15 grams, it can treat cold headache and rhinitis with nasal congestion.

Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), its leaves, flowers and roots can be used as medicine. It has the effects of clearing lung heat, resolving phlegm, cooling blood and detoxifying. Its root can treat irregular menstruation and leukorrhea.

Cockscomb (Celosia cristata), its flowers are sweet and cool in nature, can stop bleeding and stop diarrhea; decocted and taken at 10 to 25 grams, it can treat bloody stool, leukorrhea, and uterine bleeding.