Eclipta prostrata is cold, sweet and sour. It enters the kidney meridian of foot with little yin and the liver meridian of foot with Jue yin. It is recorded in "Jade Sorbus Medicine Solution" that the juice of Eclipta prostrata is as black as ink, with little yin and water color, and it enters the liver to nourish blood, with black hair and black beard. Stop all blood loss and apply all kinds of sores and poisons. When the juice is applied to the eyebrow hair, its birth rate is rapid and complicated.

efficacy

In modern application, Eclipta prostrata has the main functions of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, which is suitable for patients with bleeding caused by deficiency of kidney yin and blood heat due to yin deficiency.

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Function and application

1. Nourishes the yin of liver and kidney, and is used for dizziness and graying hair due to yin deficiency of liver and kidney. It is often used with Ligustrum lucidum.

2. Nourishing yin, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, used for hematemesis, nosebleeds, hematuria, hematochezia and metrorrhagia due to yin deficiency and blood heat.

3. To stop traumatic bleeding, fresh Eclipta prostrata is mashed and applied to the affected area to cool blood and stop bleeding.