Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb, All-Grass of Heartleaf Houttuynia
Herba Houttuyniae, Houttuyniae Herba
Yu Xing Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; slightly cold

Part(s) used

Aerial parts

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To remove toxic heat, to promote the drainage of pus, and to relieve dysuria.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Pulmonary welling abscess with hacking of pus and blood, lung heat phlegm cough, pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, urinary tract infection, odynuria, chronic uterine cervical infection, leptospirosis, otitis media, cystitis, dysentery, mastitis, heat toxin sores, heat strangury.