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E Bu Shi Cao, 1lb

E Bu Shi Cao, 1lb

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Centipeda Minima is an herb that clears heat and relieves toxicity. It promotes urination and cools the blood.


Primary Actions and Uses

  • Clears heat and relieves toxicity: For sores, abscesses, and swellings due to heat-toxin.
  • Promotes urination: Used for painful urinary dysfunction, edema, and urinary tract infections due to damp-heat.
  • Cools the blood and stops bleeding: Applied for bleeding due to heat in the blood, including nosebleeds and blood in the urine.

Context and Traditional Notes

  • Bitter and pungent; slightly cold in temperature; enters the Lung, Stomach, and Small Intestine channels. Categorized in TCM as an herb that clears heat and relieves toxicity.
  • Often used internally for damp-heat urinary conditions and externally as a wash for sores and skin infections.
  • Known in folk medicine for treating “fire poison” conditions with swelling and inflammation.

English Name: Herba Centipedae — Centipeda Minima; Small Centipede Her
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Bitter, Pungent
Properties: Slightly Cold
Channels Entered: Lung, Stomach, Small Intestine
Actions: Clears heat and relieves toxicity; promotes urination; cools the blood and stops bleeding
Pattern: Heat-toxin with sores or abscesses; damp-heat painful urinary dysfunction; heat in the blood causing bleeding
Materia Medica: Clear Heat - Resolve Toxicity
Contraindications: Use with caution in those with cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach

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