INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Portulacae
Common English:	Purslane Portulaca

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sour	Cold Slippery	Large Intestine Liver (Heart)	9-15g (30-60g) Tincture: 2-5ml

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood	Toxic Fire dysentery Damp-Heat dysentery Blood Heat Blood Lin (urinary dysfunction) Primarily used for bacillary dysentery with incomplete bowel movements
Clears Damp-Heat and treats sores	Fire toxin carbuncles or sores Chuang Yung (internal and topical) Red and white vaginal discharge
Antidote for the pain and swelling of snakebite and wasp stings	Snakebite and wasp stings
Stops bleeding, disperses Blood Stagnation and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction	Bloody painful urinary dysfunction (Blood Lin) Uterine bleeding, especially postpartum Hot. painful urinary dysfunction

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated during pregnancy (Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold during pregnancy).

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian	Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying	Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng
Damp-Heat dysenteric disorders.	Intestinal abscess.	Dysenteric disorders due to Heat Toxin.
Bul. Allii Sativi Da Suan or Rz. Coptidis *Huang Lian*	Endoconcha Sepiae Hai Piao Xiao
Bacterial diarrhea or dysentery.	White vaginal discharge with or without the presence of Blood.

It is especially for treating good for treating dysentery where colicky tenesmus persists after bowel movements.
This herb can stimulate abortion.
The fresh juice is used alone to treat bacterial diarrhea or dysentery.
It can be used topically for Heat and toxins in the skin.
Made into a paste and applied topically it is used for sores, lesions, hemorrhoids, ulcerations and eczema.
It is used for gastrointestinal tract infections, leukorrhea, skin eruptions, insect bites and snake bites.