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All - Grass of Spreading Hedyotis

All - Grass of Spreading Hedyotis. Class: Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs. Properties: Bitter; Sweet; Cold. Meridians: Heart; Lung; Liver; Large Intestine

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Bai Hua She She Cao
中文名 (Chinese)
白花蛇舌草
Latin Name
Herba Hedyotis Diffusae
English Name
All - Grass of Spreading Hedyotis
Alias Names
蛇舌草矮脚白花蛇利草蛇舌癀目目生珠草节节结蕊草鹩哥利千打捶羊须草蛇总管鹤舌草细叶柳子甲猛草蛇针草白花十字草尖刀草珠仔草定经草小叶锅巴草南地珠散草竹叶草奶沙尔铁沙尔
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Sweet; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Lung; Liver; Large Intestine
Part Used
Whole herb with root
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
清热解毒药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
1. to eliminate heat and toxic material, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. 2. to clear dampness-heat.
Indication (主治)
Lung heat cough asthma, swelling pain in throat, intestinal welling abscess, swelling of sores and boils, poisonous snake bite, heat strangury with inhibited pain, edema, dysentery, enteritis, damp-heat jaundice, carcinoma.
Clinical Manifestations
1. its components coumarins, triterpenes, polysaccharide and (b)-sitosterol inhibit the growth of sarcoma180 and cervix carcinoma14 in vitro.2. promoting white cell phagocytosis and humoral immunity.
🔗 External References
SymMap
13
TCMID
6341
TCMSP
13
TCM-ID
71