Tian Ji Huang地耳草
Herba HypericiJapanese Saint John's Wort
- Category
- Herbs that clear Heat
- Nature
- cool, cold
- Taste
- bitter, sweet
- Channels entered
- Lung, Liver, Kidney
- Secondary channels
- Bladder
- Dosage
- 15–60 g
Usual doses
- Dosage
- 15–60 g
- Large dose
- 90–120 g
- Fresh
- 30–60 g
- Tincture
- 2–4 ml
Actions & indications
- Dispels Heat, relieves toxicity, promotes diuresis, reduces swelling and Clears Damp-Heat
- Tonsillitis, External and Internal trauma, infectious hepatitis, febrile convulsion, diarrhea, dysentery, appendicitis, infantile malnutrition, swellings, snake bites
- Topically, as a lotion for dermatitis
Notes
It can be pounded into juice, pounded for topical application, or decocted for washing.