Methods for Identifying Houttuynia cordata Essential Oil and the Benefits of Boiling Its Leaves in Water

What methods can be used to identify Houttuynia cordata essential oil? We already know what Houttuynia cordata does, so what are the benefits of boiling its leaves in water? Let's take a look together.

How to identify Houttuynia cordata essential oil:

1. Distinguishing essential oils by price:

Plant single essential oils are mainly extracted by distillation and extraction methods. Generally, 100 kg of herbs and flowers can yield 2-3 kg of essential oil, so genuine pure single essential oils will not be too cheap. Generally, the cheapest cost for about 10ml is over 20 yuan.

2. Distinguishing essential oils by usage:

Apart from a few varieties such as rose, tea tree, and lavender, the vast majority of pure essential oils cannot be applied directly to the skin, otherwise they will cause burns and peeling. If a seller introduces their essential oil to you as being directly applicable to the skin and also claims it is pure essential oil, then there is a problem.

3. Distinguishing essential oils by scent:

Most pure essential oils have a soft and mellow scent. Because they are 100% extracted from plants, pure essential oils all have an indescribable natural plant scent (although the smell is not necessarily pleasant). Houttuynia cordata essential oil, however, has a fishy smell.

Benefits of boiling Houttuynia cordata leaves in water:

Houttuynia cordata is pungent in taste, cold and cool in nature, and enters the lung meridian. It can clear heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and heal sores, promote urination and remove dampness, clear heat and stop dysentery, and strengthen the stomach and aid digestion. It is used to treat lung abscess, sores and swelling toxins, hemorrhoids with bloody stools, and accumulated heat in the spleen and stomach caused by excess heat, heat toxin, damp pathogen, and disease heat.
Tonsillitis, pharyngitis: Soak fresh Houttuynia cordata in water and drink as tea, or cook it and eat it as a stir-fried vegetable. Cough, excessive phlegm, yellow phlegm: Wash Houttuynia cordata (the amount depends on the person), put it in a clean pot with water (do not use too much water; if you want to drink one bowl, add two bowls of clean water), boil it, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar when it boils, simmer over low heat for another five minutes, then turn off the heat. Let it cool, then pour out the liquid and drink it.