Eclipta prostrata, also known as golden bell grass, Eclipta prostrata, Erigeron breviscapus, swallow head, Chinese cabbage, white-flowered plants, wild impatiens, blackhead grass, frozen grass, ink grass, Cynanchum bungeanum, black grass in white field, etc. Sweet and sour and cold. Meridian of kidney and liver. Has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is widely used in clinic, and has good curative effect on people with liver and kidney yin deficiency such as breast cancer, cervical cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, brain tumor, multiple myeloma and bone metastasis. It can also be used for preventing and treating radiation pneumonia, hemoptysis due to lung cancer, vaginal bleeding due to gynecological tumor, etc.

Eclipta prostrata and Ligustrum lucidum are commonly used drug pairs for tonifying liver and kidney, and they are combined into Erzhi Pill. Combination of Adenophora adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae, Fructus Lycii, Fructus Toosendan, etc. It can effectively improve the symptoms of dizziness and soreness of waist and knees in patients with breast cancer. This method is also commonly used in patients with liver and kidney yin deficiency such as liver cancer, kidney cancer and lung cancer.

Eclipta prostrata is good at nourishing the yin of liver and kidney, and can also cool blood and stop bleeding, especially suitable for bleeding syndrome of yin deficiency and blood heat. It is equivalent to Radix Adenophorae, Radix Glehniae, Radix Asparagi, Radix Ophiopogonis, Fructus Lycii, Fructus Corni, Radix Rehmanniae and Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis, and is often used for the prevention and treatment of radiation pneumonia, with symptoms such as cough, scanty phlegm, bloody sputum or repeated hemoptysis, bright red blood, dry mouth, flushed face, hot flashes, night sweats and red tongue.

Patients who are depressed, always want to sigh, full breasts and stuffy sides can add roses, acacia flowers, green sepals, bergamot and orange stones. Patients who are upset, have difficulty falling asleep and have many dreams can add Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae and Cortex Albizziae. For patients with obvious waist pain and walking weakness, Radix Dipsaci, Herba Taxilli, Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, etc. Can be added; Dendrobium, Radix Scrophulariae, Radix Asparagi and Trichosanthis Radix can be added for patients with dry mouth, dry stool and red tongue.

Precautions: Patients with cold Eclipta prostrata and spleen-stomach weakness should not take more than one dose for a long time, otherwise there may be symptoms such as epigastric discomfort, loss of appetite, loose stool and so on, which may damage the yang of the spleen and stomach.

At the end of the article, share the origin of medicinal names of Eclipta prostrata.

According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Liu Jian, who had always loved Xiandao. I heard that there is a famous mountain fairy, so I must go and see it. One year, Liu Jian met an old man who called himself a "nihilist" and was moved by Liu Jian's persistence, so he took him to visit his medicine garden. The nihilist said to him, "eternal life is impossible, but longevity can be expected." Nizi pointed to a dark green tender grass by the pool and said, "I used to eat this herb, and I lived to be a hundred years old, with my hair not white and my ears bright." When he left, he gave Liu Jian a packet of medicinal seeds and asked him to plant them in ponds or paddy fields after he went back. When the seedling grows to 20 cm, he can start taking it. Because the leaves of this plant are dark green, Liu Jian named it Eclipta or Eclipta.