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Glorybower Leaf, Clerodendron Leaf
Glorybower Leaf, Clerodendron Leaf. Class: Wind-Dampnessdispelling And Heatclearing Medicinal. Properties: Bitter; Slightly Pungent; Calm
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Chou Wu Tong
中文名 (Chinese)
臭梧桐
Latin Name
Folium Clerodentri Trichotomi
English Name
Glorybower Leaf, Clerodendron Leaf
Alias Names
臭桐臭芙蓉地梧桐八角梧桐楸叶常山矮桐子楸茶叶百日红臭牡丹臭桐柴
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Slightly Pungent; Calm
Part Used
Leaf
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Wind-Dampnessdispelling And Heatclearing Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
祛风湿清热药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To dispel wind and dampness
Indication (主治)
Hypertension, malaria, wind-damp impediment, numbness in limbs, hemiplegia, migraine, dysentery, hemorrhoids, welling abscess and flat abscess, scab sore.
Clinical Manifestations
1. oral administration or intramuscular injection of its decoction exerts a hypotensive effect which may be attributable to the dilatation of blood vessels and the blockage of vegetative ganglia. 2. combined use of this drug and herba siegesbeckiae is inh
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