Heat-Clearing and Blood-cooling Herbs
She Mei (Indian Mockstrawberry Herb)
Name
She Mei (Indian Strawberry)
The Effect of 蛇莓
Property
Sweet, bitter, cold; liver, lung and large intestine meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat and cool blood, resolve swelling and remove toxicity.
Indications
Sore throat, cough, dysentery, sores and boils, snake and insect bites, hematemesis, heat diseases, epilepsy and convulsion.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~15 g (30~60 g of the fresh product), or pounded into juice. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.
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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