Leibnitzia, Khrog chung ba ཁྲོག་ཆུང་བ་
Japanese Gerbera
Khrog chung ba (Tibet)
Da Ding Cao (TCM)
Botanical name:
Leibnitzia anandria (syn. Gerbera anandria, Tussilago anandria)
L. nepalensis is used in Nepal.
Parts used:
Root (Tibet); Whole herb (TCM)
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter
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)
Cautions:
None noted
Main Preparations used:
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