Auricled Hedyotis
Herba Hedyotidis Anriculariae
Er Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; cool

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and resolve toxin, cool blood and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with fever, lung heat cough, swelling pain in throat, enteritis, dysentery, bleeding from hemorrhoids, flooding and spotting, poisonous snake bite, mastitis, swelling toxin of welling abscess and boil, eczema, knocks and falls.