| 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 |
