All - Grass of Spreading Hedyotis
Herba Hedyotis Diffusae
Bai Hua She She Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; sweet; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb with root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. to eliminate heat and toxic material, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. 2. to clear dampness-heat.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Lung heat cough asthma, swelling pain in throat, intestinal welling abscess, swelling of sores and boils, poisonous snake bite, heat strangury with inhibited pain, edema, dysentery, enteritis, damp-heat jaundice, carcinoma.