INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Folium Eucalypti |
| Common English: | Eucalyptus Leaf |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Acrid Slightly Bitter |
Cool |
Lung Large Intestine Urinary Bladder |
4-10g Tincture:2-4ml Essential Oil: 1-2 drops encapsulated with olive oil |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Promotes expectoration, resolves Phlegm-Heat and Dryness, relieves coughing, tonifies Lung Yin and relieves the bronchi |
Phlegm-Heat in the Lungs with cough, sore throat, purulent green-yellow sputum or fetid bloody pus. Treats bronchitis, emphysema, pneumonia and Lung abscess. Phlegm-Dryness in the Lungs with coughing up plugs of sputum, difficult expectoration and wheezing. Treats allergic asthma. Lung Yin Deficiency with low-grade afternoon fever, dry mouth and throat and cough with expectoration of thick or bloody sputum. Treats pulmonary tuberculosis. |
Promotes sweating, expels Wind-Heat, reduces fever, promotes eruptions, opens the sinuses and relieves pain |
Wind-Heat Invades the Lungs with sore throat, aches and pains, cough and possible fever. Treats common cold and influenza. Damp-Heat with nasal and head congestion and pain and watery nasal discharge. Treats sinusitis, rhinitis, post nasal drip, otitis media. remittent fevers and eruptive fevers. Wind-Damp-Heat Bi with joint pain and redness, and muscle aches. Treats rheumatism, arthritis and neuralgia. |
Clears Damp-Heat, reduces infection and inflammation, stimulates immunity, stops discharge and expels parasites |
Treats viral and bacterial respiratory infections and throat infections Bladder and Kidney Damp-Heat with urgent, burning cloudy urination. Treats Uro-genital infections. Genitourinary Damp-Heat with purulent vaginal discharge and painful urination, Treats cervical erosion, chronic peptic ulcer and parasites. |
Promotes tissue repair, reduces inflammation, benefits the skin and repel insects |
Treats burns, injuries, ulcers and abscesses. Treats skin eruptions. Use topically as an insect repellant |
Supports the pancreas and lowers Blood sugar |
Treats hyperglycemia and diabetes |
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- This herb has proved invaluable in treating acute External infections, respiratory syndromes and malarial conditions.
- It is a major Western botanical for Wind-Heat.