All-Grass of Shepherdspurse
Herba Capsellae
Ji Cai

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; tasteless; cool

Part(s) used

Whole herb with root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. cool the blood and stop bleeding. 2. clear away heat and promote diuresis. 3. lower blood pressure.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hemoptysis, hematuria, flooding and spotting, red eyes with gall, eyeground hemorrhage, hypertension, red and white dysentery, nephritis with edema, chyluria.