Prunella, Self-heal, Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草
Also called Consolida minor
Xia Ku Cao (TCM)
Xia Ku Cao (TCM)
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New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
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Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599
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Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, 1834
Botanical name:
Prunella vulgaris
Parts used:
Flowering tops; Herb
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. (Warm in the West) Sweet, Bitter
Bitter, Cleansing, Binding
Classifications:
2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD
2T. GLUTINATE
Prunella vulgaris
Parts used:
Flowering tops; Herb
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. (Warm in the West) Sweet, Bitter
Bitter, Cleansing, Binding
Classifications:
2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD
2T. GLUTINATE
Uses:
1. Clears Liver Heat (TCM, West):
-red, swollen, painful eyes, Headache, Dizziness
2. Clears Heat and Poison:
3. Clears Heat and Poison, Resolves Masses:
4. Clears Heat, Clears Stasis, Promotes Healing:
-A valuable Vulnerary (Wound herb); long used internally or externally for all sorts of Wounds, Bruises, internal Bleeding
5. Moves the Blood, Clears Blood Stasis:
6. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:
7. Clears Heat, Stops Cough:
8. Kills Worms.
9. Externally:
-topically for all inflammations (plaster)
Dose:
It is drank as tea during the summer to clear heat.
DECOCTION or LONG INFUSION: 6–15 grams
POWDER: 1–4 grams
Substitute:
... available in PRO version
It is drank as tea during the summer to clear heat.
DECOCTION or LONG INFUSION: 6–15 grams
POWDER: 1–4 grams
Substitute:
... available in PRO version
Main Combinations:
1. Liver Heat:
i. Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
ii. Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
2. Hyperthyroidism, Liver Heat, Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
3. Scrofula, Lymphatic swelling:
i. Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
ii. Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
iii. Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
iv. Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
4. Hypertension:
i. Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
ii. Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
5. A wash for Wounds and Ulcers, Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
6. Fractures, combine Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
7. Plaster for Dislocations and Trauma of the Joints, Self Heal with ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Decoction of Self Heal
Decoction of Self Heal and Kelp
Decoction of Timaei (modified)
Powder for Cancerous Ulcers (Gabelhover)
Cautions:
Generally Safe.
1. In TCM it is not used for marked weakness.
2. It may lower Thyroid function and aggravate Hypothyroid conditions.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Herb, Conserve of the Flowers
Generally Safe.
1. In TCM it is not used for marked weakness.
2. It may lower Thyroid function and aggravate Hypothyroid conditions.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Herb, Conserve of the Flowers