Bai Hua She She Cao
百花蛇舌草 Bái Huā Shé Shé Cǎo, "white patterned snake's tongue herb"

Category:

Clear Heat

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Sweet , Bitter		Dosage: 15-30g

	Cautions: Use with caution during pregnancy		Meridians: Liver , Stomach , Large Intestine , Small Intestine
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Good quality - greyish green, unfragmented leaves, carries fruit, and is free of foreign matter;
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas There are no known formulas that contain this herb at this time

Family:

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Hedyotis diffusae Herba

Botanical: Hedyotis diffusa WILLD. (=Oldenlandia diffusa (WILLD.) ROXB.)

Japanese: byakkajazetsusō

Korean: baekhwasaseolcho

Common: heydyotis, oldenlandia

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Clears heat, Strongly resolves fire toxicity, and Reduces abscesses add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Intestinal abscess add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Toxic sores add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Ulcerations add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Swellings add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Hot painful urinary dribbling add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Damp heat jaundice add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 1. With (敗醬草, spoiled bean paste herb) Bai Jiang Cao and (紅藤, red vine) Hong Teng for intestinal abscess; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 2. With (金銀花, gold silver flower) Jin Yin Hua and (連翹, ) Lian Qiao for boils and other toxic swellings; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 3. With (紫花地丁, purple flower earth spike) Zi Hua Di Ding applied topically and taken internally for snakebites; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 4. With (半邊蓮, half-edged lily) Ban Bian Lian and (石葦, stone leather) Shi Wei for hot painful urinary dysfunction; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 5. With (梔子 , ) Zhi Zi, (黃栢, yellow fir) Huang Bai, (茵陳蒿, mattress old wormwood) Yin Chen Hao for Damp-Heat jaundice; add comment

Bai Hua She She Cao百花蛇舌草 Bái Huā Shé Shé Cǎo, "white patterned snake's tongue herb"