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Yu Xing Cao鱼腥草

Herba HouttuyniaeHouttuynia

También conocido comoFishwort Herb

Categoría
Herbs That Clean Heat and Detoxify; Target Warm and Heat Diseases
Naturaleza
fresco
Sabor
picante
Canales de destino
Pulmón, Intestino grueso
Dosis
10–60 g

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Dosis habituales

Dosis
10–60 g
Tincture
2–4 ml

Acciones & indicaciones

Clears Heat, relieves toxicity, reduces swellings and abscesses and expels pus (acts especially on the Lungs)
  • Lung Abscess or Lung Heat cough with expectoration of thick, yellowish green sputum, pneumonia, acute and chronic bronchints
  • Fire toxicity sores Chuang Yung (internal and topical)
Drains Damp-Heat and promotes urination
  • Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao with painful urinary dysfunction, enteritis
  • Large Intestine Damp-Heat diarrhea

Contraindicaciones

  • Exercise great caution when administered by injection.
  • Use cautiously in Deficiency Cold.
  • Contraindicated in Yin furuncles.

Combinaciones

Notas

  • Recently this herb has been used for pneumonia, bronchitis, colitis, and urinary tract infections.
  • Clinically it is administered as an injection for chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, pneumonia, chronic cervicitis, and adnexitis.
  • It is said to cure malaria and Summerheat-related diseases.
  • It has been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth and has been used in treating Stomach cancer.
  • It is effective against carbuncle from Toxic Heat, boils, hemorrhoids, and Salmiacum Xi Sha poisoning.
  • Boiling should not exceed five minutes, since its active constituents are volatile and evaporate easily.
  • For Lung carbuncle, it is said to be effective when smashed and decocted together with Hb. Brassicae Junceae.
  • For boils on the back, the smashed herb's juice is applied to the swelling.
  • Applying the smashed fresh herb to nail-like boils can relieve pain and resolve them within one to two days.
  • For tooth decay, this herb is mixed with Per. Zanthoxyli, canola oil, and a little mud, formed into bean-sized pills, and inserted into the ear canal on the side of the decayed tooth.
  • Long-term use is said to cause asthenic fever and to damage vitality and weaken the bone marrow.
  • For scabies and boils, the fresh leaves are heated and applied to the affected area.
  • For swelling from scabies and boils, a decoction of this herb is used as a wash.
  • Chewing the root is said to prevent angina pectoris.
  • Large doses are said to be very effective against complicated infections in Lung cancer.
  • Both Yu Xing Cao and Hb. Patriniae Bai Jiang Cao clear Heat, resolve toxicity, and reduce sores while expelling pus. Bai Jiang Cao, bitter, acrid, and slightly cold, enters the Qi and Blood levels and excels at clearing Heat from the Stomach and Intestines; it treats abscesses of the Lungs, Liver, and Intestines, and dispels Blood Stagnation to relieve pain, addressing pelvic Blood Stagnation and toxic accumulation such as postpartum lochia. Yu Xing Cao, acrid and cold, acts mainly on the Lung channel and is best for cooling Lung Heat, resolving toxicity in Lung abscess, and expelling pus; it also promotes urination and relieves painful urinary dysfunction.

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