Catnip
Nepeta Cataria
Jia Jing Jie

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; cool

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To course wind and clear heat, quicken blood and stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Externally contracted wind-heat, headache and sore pharynx, non-eruption of measles, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, bleeding due to external injury, painful swelling from knocks and falls, poisonous snake bite.