Tu Ding Gui
Tu Ding Gui: whole herb is used as antiasthma, antipyretic, diuretic, antioncotic and analgesic, for the treatment of jaundice, dysentery, strangury with turbid urine, leukorrhea, indigestion, urinic system.
Name
Tu Ding Gui (Common evolvulus herb)
Sources
The drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Evolvulus alsinoides L. (Family Convolvulaceae), growing on grass slopes, in scrubs or along roadsides, and distributed in Southern China.
The Effect of Tu Ding Gui
Property
Pungent, bitter, cool; liver, spleen and kidney meridians entered.
Constituents
Whole contains flavonoid glycosides, phenols, amino acids, saccharides, sitosterol, betaine, etc.
Actions
Whole herb is used as antiasthma, antipyretic, diuretic, antioncotic and analgesic, for the treatment of jaundice, dysentery, stranguria with turbid urine, leukorrhea, indigestion, urinic system infection, hematuria, asthma, cough, externally for scabies and traumatic injury.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 3~10 g, or 30~60 g of the fresh, or pounded into juice for drinking. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.
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Name Tu Ding Gui (Common evolvulus herb) Sources The drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Evolvulus alsinoides L.
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