Water-Clover
Herba Marsileae
Ping

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To disinhibit water and disperse edema, clear heat and resolve toxin, stanch bleeding, eliminate vexation and quiet spirit.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Edema, heat strangury, inhibited urination [=dysuria], jaundice, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hematuria, flooding spotting and vaginal discharge, profuse menstruation, sleepless and vexation, diabetes mellitus, common cold, summer unacclimation in child, swollen welling abscess and sore toxin, scrofula, mastitis, swelling pain in throat, acute conjunctivitis, poisonous snake bites.