Yu Xing Cao
Herba Houttuyniae Cordatae鱼腥草
- Nature
- slightly Cold
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Sour
- Meridians
- Lung
- Class
- Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Resolving Medicinals (Qing Re Jie Du Yao)Heat-Clearing Medicinals (Qing Re Yao)
- Dosage
- 15–30 g
Actions / Functions
- Drains the Fire
- Clarifies Heat
- Clarifies the Lung
- Eliminates toxins
- Reduces abscesses
- Expels pus
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction – topic use)
- Favors Water elimination (diuresis)
- Disperses swellings (edemas)
- Clarifies and unblocks Damp-Heat
- Treats Lin Syndrome (strangury)
- Clarifies Heat (topic use)
- Eliminates toxins (topic use)
- Expels pus (topic use)