Li Zhi Cao荔枝草
Herba Salviae PlebeiaeCommon Sage Herb
- Category
- Herbs that clear Heat
- Nature
- cool
- Taste
- sweet, pungent
- Channels entered
- Lung, Stomach
- Dosage
- 9–30 g
Usual doses
- Dosage
- 9–30 g
- Fresh
- 15–60 g
Actions & indications
- Cools the Blood, stops bleeding and removes toxicity
- Lung Heat asthma, sore, swollen throat,
- Blood Heat gonorrhea, heavy menstruation, hepatitis, hemorrhoids, sexual debility, urinary tract infection, hematuria, metrorrhagia, metrostaxis, ascites, hematemesis, hemoptysis
- Chuang Yung (carbuncle, swelling)
- Promotes diuresis
- Edema due to nephritis, Kidney inflammation, dysuria
- Kills parasites
- Parasites