Bursa pastoris, Shepherd’s Purse

Ji Cai  荠菜 (TCM)
Sog ka pa  སོག་ཀ་པ  (Tibetan)

Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578

Masclef, Atlas des plantes de France, (?)

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Botanical name:
Capsella bursa-pastoris

Parts used:
Herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Mildly Sweet and Bitter
dries, binds, astringes

Classification:
2P. HEMOSTATIC

Uses:
1. Cools the Blood, Stops Bleeding and Leakage (TCM, West):
-internal and external bleeding.

2. Clears Damp Heat, Promotes Urine (TCM, West):
-Diarrhea and Dysentery,

3. Moves the Blood, Stops Wind, Regulates Circulation (TCM, West):

4. Moves the Blood, Clears Heat, Resolves Masses:

5. Clears and benefits the Vision. (TCM)

6. Loosens the Bowels:
-seeds were used as a laxative by ancient Greeks.

7. Externally:
i. all hot inflammations.
ii. Ointment is good for all wounds and bruising, esp. the head.

Dose:
INFUSION or BRIEF DECOCTION: 5–15 grams

Main Combinations:
1. Hematuria, Shepherd's Purse with  ... available in PRO version
2. Hemoptysis:
i. Shepherd's Purse with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Shepherd's Purse with  ... available in PRO version
3. To promote Urine, Shepherd's Purse with  ... available in PRO version
4. Gravel and Stones:
i. Shepherd's Purse with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Shepherd's Purse with  ... available in PRO version
5. Incontinence, Bedwetting:
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ii. Shepherd's Purse with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Shepherd's Purse with  ... available in PRO version
7. Meniere's Disease, Shepherd's Purse with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas
Decoction for Stones
Decoction of Hemp Seed

Cautions:
1. Not used during pregnancy
2. Caution in people with cold and weak digestive systems.

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Leaves