Yu Xing Cao
| Yu Xing Cao in TCM:Explore the properties of Yu Xing Cao according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: houttuynia
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Houttuyniae
Properties: acrid, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: LU
Flavors: pungent
Special Properties:
clears heat, clears damp, eliminates toxins, resolves phlegm
Actions / Indications:
- Clears toxic heat; reduces swelling, expels pus (Lung
abcess, cough caused by LU heat, phlegm-heat or LU heat cough with thick
sputum, smoker's phlegm; carbuncles, sores)
- Drains damp-heat; promotes urination; relieves PUD
(damp-heat diarrhea; PUD)
- (cc: cold deficiency)
- (cc: yin furuncles)
- (cooking: do not decoct long)
Special Notes:
- Known as the "fishy smelling herb" it has a distinct smell when freshly harvested from the ground.
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