Hu Er Cao虎耳草
Herba SaxafragaeSaxafraga
- Category
- Herbs that Clear Heat and Resolve Toxicity
- Nature
- cool
- Taste
- bitter, pungent
- Dosage
- 9–16 g
Actions & indications
- Clears Heat and resolves Toxicity, dissolves swellings and controls pain
- Acute or chronic otitis media, carbuncles, incised-wound toxins, insect bites and hemorrhoids, Lung abscesses
- Cools the Blood and stops bleeding
- Heavy menstruation or bleeding from external trauma
Notes
Fresh juice from this herb treats otitis media; the herb may be decocted and taken orally, or the liquid applied as ear drops.