Han Lian Cao
| Han Lian Cao in TCM:Explore the properties of Han Lian Cao according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: eclipta
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Ecliptae
Properties: sweet, sour, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: KD, LV
Flavors: sweet, sour
Tonifies: yin
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, stops bleeding
Actions / Indications:
- Nourishes KD and LV Yin (LV and KD yin deficiency
with dizziness, vertigo, premature grey hair, blurred vision)
- Cools blood; stops bleeding (yin deficiency, heat
in blood causing hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, blood in stool,
uterine bleeding, hematuria, bleeding after menopause)
Special Notes:
- Compare to Nu Zhen Zi which is stronger
in clearing deficient heat, whereas Han Lian Cao is stronger to cool
blood.
Contraindications:
- (cc: deficient cold of SP or KD with diarrhea)
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