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Pin Yin:
xia ku cao
Common name: prunella, selfheal
Botanical family: Labiatae
Botanical name: Prunella vulgaris L.
Primary action: Drain Fire
Secondary actions:
Transform Hot Phlegm
Temperature: cold
Taste: bitter, acrid
Entering Channel: Lv, GB, Lu
Actions:
Clears Liver Fire and brightens eyes; also can be used for Vacuity
of Liver Yin or Blood type eye pain when combined with other herbs.
Clears Heat and dissipates Phlegm Fire type nodules (lymph nodes, goiter,
lipomas, breast abscess).
(See
Liver Fire
;
Phlegm
.)
Indications: nodes or nodules, red eyes, headache,
dizziness, scrofula
Dosage:
2-5 qian.
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