Houttuynia (Yuxingcao)
Houttuynia cordate Thunb.
Pharmaceutical Name: Herba Houttuyniae,
Herba cum Radice Houttuyniae Cordatae.
Botanical Name: Houttuynia cordata Thunb.
Common Name: Houttuynia, Fish Smell
Plant.
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The entire plant is gathered in the time between summer and
autumn. After gathering, it is cleaned and dried in the sun.
Properties & Taste: Pungent and
slightly cold.
Meridian: Lung
Functions: To clear heat and release
toxins.
Indications & Combinations:
1. Lung abscess manifested as cough with
bloody and pus-like sputum. Houttuynia (Yuxingcao) is used with Platycodon
root (Jiegeng) and Coix seed (Yiyiren).
2. Heat in the lungs manifested as cough
with yellow and thick sputum. Houttuynia (Yuxingcao) is used with Mulberry
bark (Sangbaipi) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou).
3. Boils and swelling due to toxic heat.
Houttuynia (Yuxingcao) is used with Dandelion herb (Pugongying) and Forsythia
fruit (Lianqiao).
Dosage: 15-30 g.
Cautions and Contraindications: There are currently no contraindications listed.
Cautions and Contraindications: There are currently no contraindications listed.
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