Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs
Jin Gu Cao (Herba Ajugae)
Name
Bai Mao Xia Ku Cao (Decumbent Bugle Herb)
The Effect of Decumbent Bugle Herb
Property
Bitter, sweet, cold; lung and liver meridians entered.
Actions
Relieve cough and resolve phlegm, clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
Indications
Trachitis, sore throat, hematemesis, hemorrhinia, dysentery, stranguria, furuncle and carbuncle, traumatic injury, deep-rooted boil.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 10~30 g or 30~60 g of the fresh product, or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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