Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
Hupeh Anemone Herb (Da Po Wan Hua Hua)
Name
Da Po Wan Hua Hua (Hupeh Anemone Herb)
Sources
The drug is the dried or fresh entire herb of Anemone hupehensis Lem. (family Ranunculace), growing in low mountains, hilly grasslands or creeky bands; and distributed in shaanxi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan of China.
The Effect of Herba Anemones Hupehensis
Property
Bitter, pungent, neutral, slightly toxic; spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians entered.
Actions
Expel parasites in the intestines, resolve swelling, dissipate blood stasis, treat infantile malnutrition.
Indications
Malaria, dysentery, sores and boils, traumatic injury, scrofula, infantile malnutrition, favus of te scalp, stubborn dermatitis.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 3~9 g, or pounded into powder or soaked in wine. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.
Contraindication
It is contraindicated to pregnant women, people with nephritis and renal insufficiency.
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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