Tian Hu Sui天胡荽
Herba Hydrocotyli SibthorpioiditisLawn Pennywort
- Catégorie
- Plantes qui drainent l’Humidité
- Nature
- neutre
- Saveur
- piquant
- Tropisme
- Foie, Rein, Poumon
- Posologie
- 30–60 g
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Doses usuelles
- Dry
- 9–15 g
- Posologie
- 30–60 g
Actions & indications
- Clears Heat , resolves toxicity, promotes diuresis, eliminates Phlegm and stops coughing
- Acute jaundice hepatitis, acute nephritis, urolithiasis, whooping cough, herpes zoster, erysipelas, athletes foot
Notes
- Pounded into juice, it can be applied topically.
- Studies show it inhibits cancer-cell growth.
- Traditional uses include snake-head furuncle, hepatitis, cholecystitis, urticaria, herpes zoster, snakebite, poisonous snakebite, urolithiasis, swollen carbuncles, abscesses, sores, acute contagious conjunctivitis, eye nebulae, tonsillitis, pediatric aphthae, infantile malnutrition, night blindness, pediatric summer fever, and whooping cough.
- It is also used for tinea capitis, fetid ear discharge, and infections above the nose.
- It opens nasal obstruction, clears the senses, resolves Wind-Phlegm, removes toxicity, improves vision, and disperses swellings.
- It treats hemorrhoids.
- The juice is regarded as emetic and used for fevers.
- As a poultice, it is applied to wounds and boils.
- Decocted, it addresses abscesses, colds, coughs, hepatitis, influenza, pruritis, sore throats, headaches, and urinary problems.
- In Malaya it is combined with sugar and cassia bark and given to children for coughs, while the leaves, pounded with alum, are made into a poultice for scrotal skin conditions.
- In Nepal the plant serves as a diuretic and febrifuge.
- In China it is used for hepatoma and hepatitis, and included in formulas for muscular dystrophy.
- In Arunachal Pradesh, India, the juice is mixed with honey for typhoid fever.
- Elsewhere in India, fresh plants are crushed and the juice extracted, with three tablespoons taken twice daily for five days.
- For nebulae, the crushed herb is packed into the nostrils and replaced often; eyesight is said to return within three days.