Alias Prunella vulgaris, Sang Xue grass, Chlorella vulgaris, Cynanchum atratum, Sophora alopecuroides, Sophora alopecuroides and Sophora alopecuroides.
Whole grass of Ajuga. From Ajuga. Spring, summer and autumn can be collected, dried or used in small quantities.
Processing, cleaning, drying and chopping.
Bitter nature and cold nature.
Function: clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and calming liver. Used for upper respiratory tract infection, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, lung abscess, gastroenteritis, hepatitis, appendicitis, mastitis, acute conjunctivitis and hypertension; Externally used for treating traumatic injury, traumatic hemorrhage, carbuncle, furuncle, ulcer, burn and scald, and poisonous snake bite.
Usage and dosage 0.5 ~ 2 Liang; Appropriate amount is applied externally, mashed and applied to the affected area.
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(1) For patients with sore throat or even fever, just use this product 1-2 times and decoct it. It can be used for treating cough due to lung heat with yellow and thick expectoration, and can be combined with expectorant and antitussive drugs such as Peucedanum praeruptorum and loquat leaves. For the treatment of heat furuncle and carbuncle, in addition to decoction, fresh herbs can also be applied externally. For traumatic bleeding, hay can be ground into powder and wrapped; To treat swelling and pain due to blood stasis, take appropriate amount of fresh grass and mash it for external application.
(2) Ajuga is also called Prunella vulgaris. Referred to as Prunella vulgaris, this is because there is a passage in the Compendium of Materia Medica in the Qing Dynasty: "The petiole is the same as Prunella vulgaris, but there are white hairs on the leaves." Hence the name. Ajuga is bitter in taste, but it has a strong effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials. In recent years, through clinical practice, it has a good effect on treating acute tonsillitis, acute pharyngitis and acute bronchitis.
Excerpted from the National Collection of Chinese Herbal Medicine