Jue Chuang Cao爵床草
Herba RostellulariaeTrailing Water Willow
- Category
- Herbs that clear Heat
- Nature
- cold
- Taste
- salty, pungent, bitter
- Channels entered
- Liver, Gallbladder, Lung
- Dosage
- 5–15 g
Usual doses
- Dosage
- 5–15 g
- Dosage
- 30–60 g
Actions & indications
- Invigorates the Blood, moves Qi, clears Heat, resolves toxicity, disperses accumulations, disperses extravasated Blood and alleviates pain
- Fever, pain due to pharyngo-laryngeal swelling, cough, sore throat, carbuncles, abscesses, ulcers, hepatitis, traumatic injury
- Promotes diuresis
- Dysentery, jaundice, nephritis, edema, rheumatalgia, malnutrition in infants
Contraindications
- Use caution in patients with Spleen-Stomach Deficiency Cold.
- Contraindicated in pregnancy.
Combinations
- Da Qing Ye
- Ban Lan Gen
Sore throat caused by Wind-Heat.
Scrofula.
- Feng Wei Cao
- Shi Gao
- Zhi Mu
Summerheat stroke.