Other famous radish, kuding, grey cabbage, wild vegetables, wild bitter vegetables, moth grass, dandelion, nine-knife ginseng, Baleng hemp [Jiangsu]

Lettuce from Taiwan Province. Epis. Mut。 , Taiwan Province Province, Compositae lettuce plants, whole grass or roots as medicine. It can be harvested in spring, summer and autumn, washed and dried.

Bitter nature and cold nature. A little poisonous.

Function: clearing away heat and toxic materials, expelling wind and promoting blood circulation. Used for oral ulcer, sore throat, chronic appendicitis, periappendicitis, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, and excessive leucorrhea; Externally used for treating mastitis, carbuncle, snake bite and hemorrhoid.

Usage and dosage: dried root 1 ~ 2 yuan, fresh whole grass 0.5 ~ 1 yuan. Take appropriate amount and mash it for external application, or decoct it to clean the affected area.

Excerpted from the National Collection of Chinese Herbal Medicine