荔枝草
The Effect of 荔枝草
Property
Sweet, pungent, cool; lung and stomach meridians entered.
Actions
Cool blood and promote diuresis, remove toxicity and kill parasites.
Indications
Hematuria, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, gonorrhea, sore throat, ascites, carbuncle and swelling, hemorrhoid, hematemesis, hemoptysis.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~30 g (15~60 g of fresh product), or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying, or wrung for mouthwash, or decocted for washing.