Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
Di Nie (Twelvestamen melastoma herb)
Name
Di Nie (Twelve stamen Melastoma Herb)
Sources
The drug is the dried root or entire plant of Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. (family Melastomaceae), growing on acidic soils in hillsides, scrubs or on grasslands, and distributed in ZhejiangFujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou of China.
The Effect of 地菍
Property
Sweet, astringent, cool; heart, spleen and lung meridians entered.
Actions
Activate blood, stop bleeding, clear heat and remove toxicity.
Indications
Dysmenorrhea, leucorrhea, sores and boils, abdominal pain after delivery, hematochezia, diarrhea, metrorrhagia, deep-rooted boil.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 15~30 g or double the dosage with the fresh, or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.
Cautions
It is contraindicated to pregnant women.
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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