Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
Xiao Ye Ye Jue Ming (Chinese Thermopsis)
Name
Xiao Ye Ye Jue Ming (Radix seu Semen Thermospsis chinensis)
Sources
The drug is the dried root and seed of Thermopsis chinensis Benth. ex. S. Moore (Family Leguminosae), growing in fields, along roadsides, or in open grasslands, and distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Jiang su, Zhejiang and Jiangxi of China.
The Effect of Radix seu Semen Thermospsis chinensis
Property
Bitter, cold; liver meridian entered.
Actions
Root or seed is used as anti-pyretic and antioncotic, for the treatment of inflammation of the eyes.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 30~60 g.
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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