Hispid Sage
Salvia Prionitis
Hong Gen Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Slightly bitter; cool

Part(s) used

Whole herb with root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To course wind and clear heat, disinhibit damp, stanch bleeding, quiet fetus.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with fever, pneumonia with cough and asthma, swelling pain in throat, hepatitis with rib-side pain, diarrhea, dysentery, nephritis, blood ejection, fetal spotting (precipitation of blood in pregnancy).