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Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb; All-Grass of Heartleaf Houttuynia

Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb; All-Grass of Heartleaf Houttuynia. Class: Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Slightly Cold. Meridians: Lung

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Yu Xing Cao
中文名 (Chinese)
鱼腥草
Latin Name
Herba Houttuyniae; Houttuyniae Herba
English Name
Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb; All-Grass of Heartleaf Houttuynia
Alias Names
岑草菹菜紫背鱼腥草紫蕺菹子臭猪巢侧耳根猪鼻孔九节莲折耳根肺形草臭腥 草
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Slightly Cold
Meridians (归经)
Lung
Part Used
Aerial parts
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
清热解毒药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To remove toxic heat, to promote the drainage of pus, and to relieve dysuria.
Indication (主治)
Pulmonary welling abscess with hacking of pus and blood, lung heat phlegm cough, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, urinary tract infection, odynuria, chronic uterine cervical infection, leptospirosis, otitis media, cystitis, dysentery, mastitis, heat toxin sores, heat strangury.
Clinical Manifestations
1. decanoyl acetaldehyde is bacteriostatic and fungistatic. 2. its decoction retards the progress of tuberculosis experimentally. 3. synthetic product ( compound of decanoyl acetaldehyde and nahso3 ) promotes white cell phagocytosis. 4. anti-inflammation
🔗 External References
SymMap
465
TCMID
3847
TCMSP
465
TCM-ID
2545
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Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
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📚 Sample References
PMID 23506616
Houttuynia cordata Thunb extract modulates G0/G1 arrest and Fas/CD95-mediated death receptor apoptotic cell death in human lung cancer A549 cells
J Biomed Sci · 2013