Heat-Clearing and Dampness-Drying Herbs
Shui Bie: Chinese Herb Guide
Name
Ma Niao Hua (Herba Hydrocharitis Dubiae)
Sources
The drug is the dried whole herb of Hydrocharis dubia (B1.) Baoker (Family Hydrocharitaceae), growing in solid pools, creeks and irrigated fields, and distributed North China, East China, Middle China, and Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan.
The Effect of Shui Bie
Property
Slightly cold, bitter, slightly salt.
Actions
Whole herb is used as emmenagogue, for the treatment of leucorrhea with reddish discharge.
Dosage and Administrations
It is made into powder for oral taking. 2~4 g is taken each time.
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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