Yu Xing Cao
Name: Houttuynia (魚腥草)
Pinyin: Yu Xing Cao
Pharm. Name: Herba Houttuyniae
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
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Acrid |
Clear heat and remove toxicity, cure abscess and discharge pus, clear lung heat, clear heat, and remove dampness. |
Lung |
10-60g (Do not Decoct long er than 5 minutes) |
Description:
The aerial parts of the plant “Houttuynia Cordata”. This herb excels in clearing lung heat to dispel phlegm and stop cough, clearing heat and removing toxicity to cure abscess and discharge pus, so it is the essential herb for treating pulmonary abscess due to heat-toxicity accumulation in the lung. It also has the action of clearing damp-heat, inducing diuresis, and relieving stranguria, and is indicated for various syndromes of damp-heat, such as stranguria syndrome, Leucorrhoea disease, diarrhea and dysentery, and jaundice, etc.