海金沙草
The Effect of 海金沙草
Property
Sweet, cold; small intestine, bladder and liver meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat and remove toxicity, promote diuresis and treat stranguria, activate blood and dredge meridians.
Indications
Heat stranguria, difficult urination, edema, morbid leucorrhea, diarrhea, cold, asthma, aphtha, sore throat, burns and scalds, traumatic injury, traumatic bleeding, skin itch, rheumatic arthritis, mumps, erysipelas, acute mastitis, hepatitis, gonorrhea, urolithiasis, urine with blood, swelling and pain of eyes, herpes zoster.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~30 g, or 30~90 g with the fresh product, or made into powder. Proper dosage is for external application, decocted for washing or pounded for applying with fresh product.