Niu Er San Xue Cao

Name

Niu Er San Xue Cao (Herba Boea Clarkeanae)

Sources

The drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Boea clarkeana Hemsl. (Family Gesneriaceae), growing on mountainous areas, on rocks on hillsides, on rock cliff in ravines or along creeks, and distributed in Shaanxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan and Yunnan of China.

The Effect of Niu Er San Xue Cao

Property

Bitter, cool.

Actions

Whole herb is used as antipyretic, hemostatic and antioncotic, to remove blood stasis, for the treatment of chronic infantile convulsions, externally for traumatic injury and bleeding.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 15~30 g, or soaked in wine. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.