Elephantopus scaber

Pinyin name ] [ Dì Dǎ n Cǎ o
[ alias ] straw sandals, straw root bottom, bile, bile, grinding head, bitter gall bile to [Yunnan], and lung, scattered cattle eat Po, Niutuo nasal, iron lamps
[ source ] for composite Elephantopus plant Elephantopus scaber L Elephantopus scaber L., to complete grass is used as medicine. Summer and autumn harvest, removing impurities, cleaning use fresh or dried.
[ ] taste bitter, cold.
[ ] functions of heat-clearing and detoxifying, diuresis detumescence. For the common cold, acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, conjunctivitis, epidemic encephalitis B, pertussis, acute jaundice hepatitis, cirrhosis of liver ascites, acute, chronic nephritis, furuncle, eczema.
[ usage]0.5～ 1two; external fresh pounded appropriate apply affected part.
[ note ] pregnant women take it carefully.
[ ]" from the compilation of Chinese herbal medicine"
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