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Auricled Hedyotis

Auricled Hedyotis. Class: For promoting diuresis and penetrating dampness. Properties: Bitter; Cool

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Er Cao
中文名 (Chinese)
耳草
Latin Name
Herba Hedyotidis Anriculariae
English Name
Auricled Hedyotis
Alias Names
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☯ TCM Properties
Properties (ζ€§ε‘³)
Bitter; Cool
Part Used
Whole herb
Therapeutic Class (EN)
For promoting diuresis and penetrating dampness
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🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (εŠŸθƒ½)
To clear heat and resolve toxin, cool blood and disperse swelling.
Indication (δΈ»ζ²»)
Common cold with fever, lung heat cough, swelling pain in throat, enteritis, dysentery, bleeding from hemorrhoids, flooding and spotting, poisonous snake bite, mastitis, swelling toxin of welling abscess and boil, eczema, knocks and falls.
Clinical Manifestations
1. promoting the neutrophilic phagocytosis in mice.2. inhibiting the growth of staphylococcus and shigella dysenteriae in vitro.
πŸ”— External References
TCMID
5428
TCM-ID
546