Herb Listings
Ma Chi Xian / Purslane | |||
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Taste: Sour • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Relieve Toxicity | |||
Dosage15-60g |
Actions1. Relieves fire toxicity & cools the blood: for damp-heat or fire toxin dysenteric disorders. Also for hot or bloody painful urinary dysfunction.2. Clears damp-heat & treats sores: primarily for fire toxin carbuncles or sores, as well as red & white vaginal discharge. For these purposes it is applied topically & taken internally. 3. Also used as an antidote to the pain & swelling of wasp stings & snakebite. 4. Recently used for post partum bleeding. |
MeridiansLarge Intestine, Liver |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of Spleen & Stomach cold from deficiency, & during pregnancy. |