Japan Clover Herb
Name
Ji Yan Cao (Japan Clover Herb)
Sources
The drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Kummerowia stipulacea (Maxim.) Makino (Family Leguminosae), growing on mountain slopes, on hillsides, along roadsides, in fields, near forests, or on grass lands along rivers, and distributed in Northeast China, North China, East China, Hunan and Hubei.
The Effect of Japan Clover Herb
Property
Slightly bitter, cool; liver, spleen, lung and kidney meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat and remove toxicity, strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis.
Indications
Malaria, dysentery, heat stranguria, vomiting and diarrhea due to summer-heat and dampness, fever, infective hepatitis, gonorrhea.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~15 g. Proper dosage is for external application. Pounded for applying.