Herba Commelinae

Ya Zhi Cao

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Name

Ya Zhi Cao (Common Dayflower Herb)

Property

Sweet, cold, bland; lung, stomach and bladder meridians entered.

Actions

Clear heat and promote diuresis, cool blood and remove toxicity.

Indications

Edema, difficult urination, cold, sore throat, leucorrhea, sores and boils, hematuria, metrorrhagia, hepatitis with jaundice, erysipelas, barbiers, parotitis, epistaxis, dysentery.

Dosage and administration

Decoct 15~30 g (60~90 g of fresh product), or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.

Cations

It is contraindicated for deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach.