Jin Ying Gen

Name

Jin Ying Gen (Cherokee Rose Root)

The Effect of Jin Ying Gen

Property

Sour, astringent, neutral; kidney and large intestine meridians entered.

Actions

Induce astringency and arrest discharge, stop bleeding and astringe wound, activate blood, alleviate pain and kill parasites.

Indications

Traumatic injury, burns, toothache, stomachache, rheumatic arthritis, diarrhea, dysentery, enuresis, spermatorrhea, hemoptysis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, morbid leucorrhea, rectocele, sores and boils, chyluria, ascariasis, hysteroptosis, bone stuck in throat.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 15~20 g. Proper dosage is for external application. Pounded into powder for applying or decocted for washing.