Herba Sedi Sarmentosi

Chui Pen Cao

Chui Pen Cao2

Name

Chui Pen Cao (Stringy Stonecrop Herb)

Property

Sweet, cool, bland; liver, gallbladder and small intestine meridians entered.

Actions

Eliminate dampness and heat, remove toxicity.

Indications

Damp-heat jaundice, difficult urination, sores and boils, oxyhepatitis, chronic hepatitis.

Dosage and administration

Decoct 15~30 g, or 50~100 g of the fresh product or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into powder for applying or decocted for wet compress.

Cations

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