Boiling sunflower stalks in water can be used to treat hernias.

A kind-hearted netizen shares a remedy: Hello friend, inspired by you, I would like to share a folk remedy that I have personally used. I suffered from a hernia, and after examinations at various hospitals, the only solution offered was surgery, with no alternative treatments available. Due to various reasons, I was unable to undergo surgery. Later, I came across a folk remedy: boiling sunflower stalks (the older, the better) and drinking the water. After using one dose (one stalk), I was cured. However, the hernia recurred after half a month, so I used another dose. It has been twelve years now, and the hernia has not returned, with no side effects. I would like to offer this remedy to those suffering from hernias. Contributor: (Anonymous) Prescription: Equal parts of fennel, Sichuan chinaberry, tangerine seed, litchi seed, corydalis tuber, and evodia fruit, with an appropriate amount of rice vinegar and flour. Usage: Grind the first six ingredients into a fine powder and store in a bottle. When needed, take an appropriate amount of the powder, mix with a little flour, and then blend with rice vinegar to form a paste. Apply the paste to the navel and secure with adhesive tape. Use this remedy before going to bed at night and remove the tape upon waking in the morning. For children with hernias, this remedy can cure the condition within seven days. (This remedy was provided by a kind-hearted netizen and has been verified to be effective, but no QQ contact was left.)