水木草
Name
Shui Mu Cao (Cuspidate mnium herb)
Sources
The drug is the dried whole herb of Plagiomnium cuspidatum (Hedw.) T. Kop. (Family Mniaceae), growing along streams of mountainous areas, along open country or near cities and towns, on swampy hill sides, in grass lands or on trunks, and distributed in most of China.
Constituents
Leaf contains saponarin, etc.
The Effect of 水木草
Property
Bitter, bland, cool; liver meridian entered.
Actions
Whole herb is used antipyretic and hemostatic, for the treatment of hemoptysis, hematemesis, hematochezia, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, etc.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~12 g.