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Leibnitzia, Khrog chung ba ཁྲོག་ཆུང་བ་

Japanese Gerbera
Khrog chung ba (Tibet)
Da Ding Cao (TCM)
Leibnitzia anandria
(Photo by Qwert1234) (Wikimeda)

Botanical name:
Leibnitzia anandria (syn. Gerbera anandria, Tussilago anandria)

Parts used:
Root (Tibet); Whole herb (TCM)

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Classification:


Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin: (Tibet, TCM)
-Lung Heat Cough
-Toxic Sores, Boils, Abscesses
-Insect and Snake bites
-hot disorders of the blood

2. Clears Heat and Damp: (Tibet, TCM)
-Diarrhea, Dysentery
-Strangury
-Rheumatalgia with swollen red joints (TCM)
-Leg Ulcers (TCM)

3. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding: (Tibet, TCM)
-Bleeding from Trauma and Wounds
-whole plant can be used to stop bleeding


DOSE:
Powder: 1–3 grams

Main Combinations:
1. Stop Bleeding, Leibnitzia with Gall Bladder (Bile) (Tibet)
2. To grow flesh in Wounds, taken with mother's milk. (Tibet)

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: