Skip to content
Neijing
pldeesfr

Knowledge baseHerbs

Tian Hu Sui天胡荽

Herba Hydrocotyli SibthorpioiditisLawn Pennywort

Category
Herbs that drain Dampness
Nature
neutral
Taste
pungent
Channels entered
Liver, Kidney, Lung
Dosage
30–60 g

Usual doses

Dry
9–15 g
Dosage
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.

Appears in