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Hispid Sage
Hispid Sage. Properties: Slightly Bitter; Cool. Meridians: Lung; Liver; Stomach; Large Intestine
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Hong Gen Cao
中文名 (Chinese)
红根草
Latin Name
Salvia Prionitis
English Name
Hispid Sage
Alias Names
红地胆关公须红根子关羽须土活血小活血
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Slightly Bitter; Cool
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Liver; Stomach; Large Intestine
Part Used
Whole herb with root
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To course wind and clear heat, disinhibit damp, stanch bleeding, quiet fetus.
Indication (主治)
Common cold with fever, pneumonia with cough and asthma, swelling pain in throat, hepatitis with rib-side pain, diarrhea, dysentery, nephritis, blood ejection, fetal spotting (precipitation of blood in pregnancy).
🔗 External References
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