Category
Clear Heat
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Prunella Spica
English Name
Dosage
9-15g
Entering Channels
GB
Flavor
acrid
Temperature
cold
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Use with caution in those with Spleen and Stomach weakness and deficiency.
Actions & Indications:
- Clears Liver Fire and brightens the eyes: for upward blazing of Liver fire with red, painful, or swollen eyes, or headache and dizziness. Also used for eye pain that increases in the evening due to Liver deficiency, especially when the eyes are neither red nor swollen.
- Clears heat and dissipates nodules: for any neck lump or nodule, as in scrofula, lipoma, swollen glands, or goiter due to phlegm-fire. Also used for similar nodules in the inguinal canal and other parts of the body.
- This herb has recently been used for hypertension, especially when accompanied by Liver fire or patterns of ascending yang.
