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Common Rabdosia
Common Rabdosia. Properties: Acrid; Bitter; Cool. Meridians: Liver; Kidney
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Xiang Cha Cai
中文名 (Chinese)
香茶菜
Latin Name
Herba Rabdosiae Amethystoidis
English Name
Common Rabdosia
Alias Names
蛇总管山薄荷蛇通管小叶蛇总管母猪花头盘龙七
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Acrid; Bitter; Cool
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Kidney
Part Used
Aerial parts or root
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Aerial parts: to clear heat and disinhibit damp, quicken blood and dissipate stasis, resolve toxin and disperse swelling; Root: to clear heat and resolve toxin, dispel stasis and relieve pain.
Indication (主治)
Aerial parts: damp-heat jaundice, strangury, edema, swelling pain in throat, impediment pain in joints, menstrual block, mammary welling abscess, hemorrhoids, effusion of back, knocks and falls, poisonous snake bite; Root: poisonous snake bites, swelling toxin of sore and boil, aching sinews and bones, knocks and falls, burns and scalds.
🔗 External References
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