Deng Xin Cao (Medulla Junci)
灯心草: clear away the heart fire and reduce pathogenic fire, promote urination and treat strangury.
Name
Deng Xin Cao (Rush Pith)
The Effect of 灯心草
Property
Sweet, mild, slightly cold; heart, lung and small intestine meridians entered.
Actions
Clear away the heart fire and reduce pathogenic fire, induce diuresis and treat stranguria.
Indications
Stranguria, edema, damp-heat jaundice, upset insomnia, difficult urination, pharyngitis, nocturnal fretfulness infinfants, trauma.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 1~3 g or 15~30 g of the fresh product, or made into pill or powder. Mixed with cinnabar when treating upset insomnia. Proper dosage is for external application, stir-bake it into charcoal and then grind into powder for sprinkling, or pounded for applying with fresh product.
Cations
It is contraindicated in case of urinary incontinence or deficiency-cold in lower energizer.
Did this article help you?
Your answer directly shapes how this article gets rewritten. Several sections on this site exist because readers asked for them.
Keep readingRelated for you
Rush Pith (Medulla Junci)
Deng Xin Cao: clear away the heart fire and reduce pathogenic fire, promote urination and treat strangury.
Dong Kui Zi (Cluster Mallow Fruit)
Chingma Abutilon Seed: promote urination to treat strangury, promote lactation and nourish intestine.
Deng Xin Cao
Deng Xin Cao: clear away the heart fire and reduce pathogenic fire, promote urination and treat strangury.
Something this article didn't cover?
Ask us directly — we reply within 2 days. Great questions become public articles.
Ask a question →