INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Herba Ecliptae |
| Common English: | Eclipta Field Lotus Herb |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet Sour (Salty) |
Cool (Cold) |
Kidney Liver |
9-15g Fresh: up to 30g Tincture: 2-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin |
Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiencies with dizziness, blurred vision, vertigo, and premature graying of the hair |
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding |
Yin Deficiency with Empty Fire Rising and bleeding due to Heat in the Blood with hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, hemafecia, uterine bleeding and especially hematuria |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Fr. Ligustri Lucidi |
Fr. Ligustri Lucidi |
Fr. Ligustri Lucidi |
Dizziness, blurred vision, and premature graying of the hair due to severe Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with ascendant Yang. Strengthens the Yin to blacken the hair. |
When tonification is best done over a long period of time. |
Accelerates the effectiveness of tonification. |
Hb. Plantaginis |
Rx. Sanguisorbae |
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Hematuria. |
Hemafecia. |
Uterine bleeding. |
Cacumen Platycladi |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Sm Plantaginis |
Hematemesis. |
Hemoptysis due to Lung Deficiency. Hematemesis and hematuria due to Hot Blood. |
Blood Heat or Yin Deficiency with urinary difficulty, pain and hematuria. |
Sm Plantaginis |
Rx. Polygoni Multiflori |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
White, turbid urine. |
Prematurely gray hair. |
General bleeding. |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Gypsum Fibrosum |
Rx. Sanguisorbae |
Hematuria. |
Hematemesis. |
Hematochezia. |
Hb. Plantaginis |
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Infantile hematuria. |
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- This herb can be applied externally to assist blackening of the hair and to stop bleeding.
- This herb has recently been used to treat Damp-related disorders of the perineum, such as perineal itching and vaginal itching. it is generally used as an external wash.
- This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
- It is said that violent hematemesis can be cured with a decoction of this herb, young boy's urine, pounded ink stick and Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Ou Jie.
- For hematochezia, calcine, pound and powder this herb, then take 6g at a time.
- For migraine and other types of headache drop the juice of this herb into the nose.
- Both Mo Han Lian and Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi enrich Kidney Yin and augment the Liver. Mo Han Lian strongly tonifies the Yin, blackens the hair and cools the blood to stop bleeding. Nu Zhen Zi is less tonifying but cools Heat due to Yin Deficiency and brightens eyes.
- Charred Eclipta Han Lian Tan is better able to stop bleeding, but is less able to tonify Yin and cool.
- This herb is considered the main Yin tonic without an oily quality.
- This herb has a reputation for slowing down the signs of aging.
- The juice of this herb treats diphtheria and dysentery when ingested and treats headaches when applied topically to the nasal cavity.
- The fresh herb has stronger Heat clearing and Blood cooling functions than the dried herb.
- Hb. Hypericum Ascyron Hong Han Lian is is sometimes used as a substitute for Mo Han Lian. It is stronger at cooling the Blood, invigorating the Blood and healing sores and ulcers. Mo Ha Lian stops bleeding and is more effective at tonifying the Kidney Yin.