Verbena, Vervain, Ma Bian Cao 马鞭草Sacra Herba, Sideritis, Herba Sanguinalis, Columbina
Ma Bian Cao (TCM) |
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Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491
New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
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Male Vervain (left) and Female Vervain (above)
Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 |
Flora von Deutschland (19), Kohler, 1884
Botanical name:
Verbena officinalis
Several different varieties were noted including 'Male' and 'Female'
Parts used:
Root, herb in flower
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter
Classifications:
2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD. 2F. PURIFYING. 2T. GLUTINATE
4b. OPTHALMIC
Verbena officinalis
Several different varieties were noted including 'Male' and 'Female'
Parts used:
Root, herb in flower
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter
Classifications:
2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD. 2F. PURIFYING. 2T. GLUTINATE
4b. OPTHALMIC
Uses:
1. Clears Wind and Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Sweat: (West, TCM)
2. Clears Heat and Toxic, Clears Swellings: (West, TCM):
3. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation: (West, TCM)
4. Clears Heat and Wind, Calms the Liver, Moves the Blood:
5. Kills Worms: (West, TCM)
6. Promotes Urine, Clears Gravel and Stones: (West, TCM)
7. Clears Phlegm and Heat, Stops Cough and Wheezing: (West, TCM)
8. Externally:
-poultices, plasters, compress and washes for Sprains, Swellings, Sores, Wounds, Abscesses, Boils, Skin Inflammations and Tumors.
Dose:
INFUSION or BRIEF DECOCTION: 3–9 grams
POWDER: 500mg–3 or 4 grams.
Used externally in washes, baths, plasters, poultices, enemas, douches etc.
INFUSION or BRIEF DECOCTION: 3–9 grams
POWDER: 500mg–3 or 4 grams.
Used externally in washes, baths, plasters, poultices, enemas, douches etc.
Main Combinations:
Betony & Vervain
1. Fever:
i. Vervain with Willow bark
ii. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
2. Spotted Fevers, Small Pox, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
3. Scarlet Fever, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
4. Viral Infections, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
5. Headache, Migraine:
i. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
ii. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
iii. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
6. Epilepsy, Vervain with Peony, Mistletoe
7. Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
8. Anemia, Chlorosis, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
9. Jaundice with spleen congestion, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
10. Diabetes from Heat, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
11. Ulcers and Abscesses, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
12. Breast Swellings, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
13. Wounds, Trauma, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
14. Poor and Weak Eyesight:
i. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
ii. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
Major Formula:
Betony Infusion Compound
Decoction for the Womb
Decoction for Diabetes from Heat
Decoction to Cleanse the Sight (Riverius)
Powder Against Rabies
Powder to Cleanse the Sight
Powder Against Rabies
Universal Vulnerary Decoction
Water of Emperor Frederick for the Sight
Betony & Vervain
1. Fever:
i. Vervain with Willow bark
ii. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
2. Spotted Fevers, Small Pox, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
3. Scarlet Fever, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
4. Viral Infections, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
5. Headache, Migraine:
i. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
ii. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
iii. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
6. Epilepsy, Vervain with Peony, Mistletoe
7. Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
8. Anemia, Chlorosis, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
9. Jaundice with spleen congestion, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
10. Diabetes from Heat, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
11. Ulcers and Abscesses, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
12. Breast Swellings, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
13. Wounds, Trauma, Vervain with ... available in PRO version
14. Poor and Weak Eyesight:
i. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
ii. Vervain with ... available in PRO version
Major Formula:
Betony Infusion Compound
Decoction for the Womb
Decoction for Diabetes from Heat
Decoction to Cleanse the Sight (Riverius)
Powder Against Rabies
Powder to Cleanse the Sight
Powder Against Rabies
Universal Vulnerary Decoction
Water of Emperor Frederick for the Sight
Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy
2. Use cautiously in weak and blood-deficient patients.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Herb, Ointment of Vervain
1. Not used during Pregnancy
2. Use cautiously in weak and blood-deficient patients.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Herb, Ointment of Vervain
From HERBARIUM of APULEIUS.
i. For Wounds and Carbuncles and Glandular Swellings
ii. Again, for kernels or Glandular Swellings
iii. For those that have obstructed veins so that the blood cannot have its natural course, and for those that may not retain their food.
iv. For sore of Liver
v. For the infirmity in which Stones grow in the Bladder
vi. For Head sore
vii. For bite of Snakes
viii. For bite of attorcrop (type of flying insect)
ix. For bite of Mad Dog
x. For new Wounds
xi. For bite of Adder
(Herbarium of Apuleius c. 1050, taken out of Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, Rev. O. Cockayne, 1864)
i. For Wounds and Carbuncles and Glandular Swellings
ii. Again, for kernels or Glandular Swellings
iii. For those that have obstructed veins so that the blood cannot have its natural course, and for those that may not retain their food.
iv. For sore of Liver
v. For the infirmity in which Stones grow in the Bladder
vi. For Head sore
vii. For bite of Snakes
viii. For bite of attorcrop (type of flying insect)
ix. For bite of Mad Dog
x. For new Wounds
xi. For bite of Adder
(Herbarium of Apuleius c. 1050, taken out of Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of Early England, Rev. O. Cockayne, 1864)