Name
Ya Zhi Cao (Common Dayflower Herb)
The Effect of Common Dayflower Herb
Property
Sweet, cold, bland; lung, stomach and bladder meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat and promote diuresis, cool blood and remove toxicity.
Indications
Edema, difficult urination, cold, sore throat, leucorrhea, sores and boils, hematuria, metrorrhagia, hepatitis with jaundice, erysipelas, barbiers, parotitis, epistaxis, dysentery.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 15~30 g (60~90 g of fresh product), or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.
Cations
It is contraindicated for deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach.