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Twelvestamen melastoma herb

地菍
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Name

Di Nie (Twelve stamen Melastoma Herb)

Sources

The drug is the dried root or entire plant of Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. (family Melastomaceae), growing on acidic soils in hillsides, scrubs or on grasslands, and distributed in Zhejiang Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou of China.

  1. 地菍
  2. Di Nie
  3. 地稔
  4. Di Ren
  5. Herba Melastomatis Dodecandri

The Effect of Twelvestamen melastoma herb

Property

Sweet, astringent, cool; heart, spleen and lung meridians entered.

Actions

Activate blood, stop bleeding, clear heat and remove toxicity.

Indications

Dysmenorrhea, leucorrhea, sores and boils, abdominal pain after delivery, hematochezia, diarrhea, metrorrhagia, deep-rooted boil.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 15~30 g or double the dosage with the fresh, or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.

Cautions

It is contraindicated to pregnant women.