Plant Soot

百草霜

Name

Bai Cao Shuang (Fuligo Plantae)

Property

Pungent, warm; liver, lung and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Stop bleeding, remove food retention.

Indications

Aphtha, tongue boil, sore throat, leucorrhea, indigestion, metrorrhagia, nose bleeding, hematochezia, diarrhea, hematemesis.

Dosage and administration

Decoct 3~9 g, or made into pills and powder, 1~3 g. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.

Cautions

It is contraindicated in case of yin deficiency with pyretic dryness and lung injury with cough.