INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: MA TI JIN - 馬蹄金 - HERBA DICHONDRAE

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Dichondrae
Common English: Dichondra

CATEGORY

Herbs that Dispel Dampness

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Acrid
Cool
Liver
Lung
3-12g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat and eliminates toxins

Jaundice, dysentery, fetal toxicosis, infectious hepatitis

Invigorates the Blood and dispels water

Nephritis, urinary calculi

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Do not use with salt.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Fr. Gardeniae
Zhi Zi
Rx. et Rz. Rhei
Da Huang
Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae
Yin Chen Hao

Hb. Pteris
Feng Wei Cao
Hb. Andrographitis
Chuan Xin Lian

Hb. Solani
Huang Shui Qie
Hb. Orthosiphon Aristatus
Huan Shi Cao
Rz. Polygoni Cuspidati
Hu Zhang

Jaundice

Dysentery

Infectious hepatitis

Sm. Vaccariae
Wang Bu Liu Xing
Hb. Lysimachiae
Jin Qian Cao
Hb. Lygodii
Hai Jin Sha Cao

Rx. Ilicis Asprellae
Wen Dian Jin
Rx. Vitis Amurensis
Shan Pu Tao
Hb. Ludwigiae Prostratae
Shui Ding Xiang

 

Urinary calculi

Edema due to nephritis

 

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