Ji Xue Cao积雪草
Herba CentellaeAsiatic Pennywort Herb
Autres nomsGotu Kola
- Catégorie
- Herbs that Clear Heat and Remove Toxicity
- Nature
- froid
- Saveur
- amer, piquant
- Tropisme
- Foie, Rate, Rein, Vessie, Poumon, Intestin grêle, Gros intestin
- Posologie
- 3–15 g
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Doses usuelles
- Posologie
- 3–15 g
- Fresh
- 15–30 g
- Posologie
- 1.2–1.5 g
Actions & indications
- Clears Heat, promotes diuresis, resolves swelling and removes toxicity
- Dysentery, jaundice due to Damp-Heat, traumatic injury, sores, abscesses and boils, hematuria, sore throat, rubella, pinkeye, scabies, epistaxis, urolithiasis, diarrhea due to Summerheat, abdominal pain due to eruptive disease
- Invigorates the Blood, reduces swelling and stops pain
- Traumatic injuries
- Clears Damp-Heat
- Enteritis, abdominal pain
- Cools the Blood and stops bleeding
- Bleeding due to Heat in the Blood, hematemesis, hemoptysis
- Clears the Liver and brightens the eyes
- Night blindness in children, eye inflammation, cataracts, glaucoma
Contre-indications
- Contraindicated in Deficiency Cold.
- Use with caution during pregnancy.
Associations
Sores and abscesses caused by Blazing Heat Toxin.
Red eyes caused by Wind-Heat.
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- Gan
- Shan Dou Gen
Acute sore throat that is red and swollen.
Notes
- It is said to treat skin eruptions and urinary tract infections.
- One source credits it with activating the Blood and having a sedative action.
- One source states that it treats tidal fevers occurring at midnight and noon, dizziness, aversion to Cold, aching and heaviness of the limbs and trunk, loss of taste for food and drink, progressive sores, and continuous fever from consumption.
- To promote urination, it should be taken together with water buffalo meat.
- It may cause vomiting.