Striate Kummerowia
Kummerowia Striata
Ji Yan Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Slightly 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, fortify spleen and disinhibit damp, quicken blood and stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with fever, summerheat-damp vomiting and diarrhea, jaundice, welling abscess boil and clove sores, dysentery, gan disease, blood strangury, coughing of blood, spontaneous external bleeding, knocks and falls, red and white vaginal discharge.