Laccifer Lacca Kerr is a relatively rare medicinal herb. According to traditional medicine, this medicinal herb has a bitter taste, cold properties, and the effect of clearing heat, cooling blood, detoxifying, and stopping bleeding. Use 4-6g per day.
In modern medicine, Laccifer Lacca Kerr are used to coat the inside of urine storage devices and to make denture molds. This medicinal herb is also used to make insulating materials, felt hats, hair spray, and to prepare waxes/chemicals to polish floors.
The effects of Lacca-Stick-lac in Traditional Medicine
Effects: Stops bleeding, clears heat, and detoxifies.
Treatment: Convulsions, high fever, erysipelas, paralysis, limb weakness, and dizziness in women after postpartum.
People traditionally use its resin for blackening teeth. However, this practice is gradually fading, leading to a significant decrease in the demand.