Radix seu Semen Thermospsis chinensis

Name

Xiao Ye Ye Jue Ming (Radix seu Semen Thermospsis chinensis)

Sources

The drug is the dried root and seed of Thermopsis chinensis Benth. ex. S. Moore (Family Leguminosae), growing in fields, along roadsides, or in open grasslands, and distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Jiang su, Zhejiang and Jiangxi of China.

The Effect of Radix seu Semen Thermospsis chinensis

Property

Bitter, cold; liver meridian entered.

Actions

Root or seed is used as anti-pyretic and antioncotic, for the treatment of inflammation of the eyes.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 30~60 g.