Pharmaceutical Name: |
Fructus Kochiae |
Botanical Name: |
Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. |
Common Name: |
Kochia fruit Broom cypress fruit |
Source of Earliest Record: |
Shennong Bencao Jing |
art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
When the fruit ripens in autumn, it is gathered and dried in the sun. |
Properties and Taste: |
Bitter and cold |
Meridian: |
Urinary bladder |
Functions: |
Heart, spleen and lung |
Indications and Combinations: |
1. Damp-heat in the urinary bladder manifested as dysuria, painful urination, frequent urination and urgency of micturition. *Use with herbs that clear heat and promote urination, including Talc (Huashi), and Plantain seed (Cheqianzi).
2. Eczema and scabies. *Use with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai), Flavescent sophora root (Kushen) and Dittany bark (Baixianpi).
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Dosage: |
10-15 g |