Sampson Stjohn’Swort
Hypericum Sampsonii
Yuan Bao Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; acrid; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To cool blood and stanch bleeding, clear heat and resolve toxin, quicken blood and regulate menstruation, dispel wind and free network vessels.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Blood ejection, hemoptysis, spontaneous external bleeding, blood strangury, bleeding from wounds, enteritis, dysentery, mammary welling abscess, swollen welling abscess and toxin of clove sore, scalds, snake bite, menstrual disorder, menstrual pain, leukorrhea, knocks and falls, wind-damp impediment pain, pain in lumbus and leg, tinea capitis, mouth sore, eye screen.