All-Grass of Common Dayflower, Common Dayflower Herb
Commelinae Herba, Herba Commelinae
Ya Zhi Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; tasteless; cold

Part(s) used

Aerial parts

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. clear away heat and toxic materials. 2. clear away heat and promote diuresis.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold, wind-heat common cold, influenza, noninfectious fever, ardent fever incessant, ascites, edema, hordeolum, swelling pain in throat, scant urine with edema, heat strangury with inhibited pain, swollen welling abscess and toxin of clove.