Alias bamboo grass, bamboo wormwood

Comelina Diffusa Burm. F. [C. Nudiflora Auct. Non L.; C. chinensis O *** eck], with whole grass as medicine. Collect in summer and autumn, fresh or dried.

Sexual taste is light and cold.

Functions: clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and stopping bleeding. Used for acute pharyngolaryngitis, dysentery, furuncle and dysuria; External use to treat traumatic bleeding.

Usage and dosage of fresh products1~ 2; Apply an appropriate amount of dry powder to the wound.

Excerpt from "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine"