Eclipta
(mo han lian)
Herba
Ecliptae
Properties:
the herb is sweet and sour in flavour, cold in nature and
acts on the liver and kidney channels. Being sweet and
sour for transforming Yin, cold in nature for clearing
heat, acting on the liver and kidney for nourishing Yin
and blackening hair, and acting on blood for clearing heat
from blood to stop bleeding, the herb is indicated for
syndromes caused by Yin deficiency of the liver and
kidney, and for many kinds of bleeding due to blood-heat.
Effects:
Tonifying the liver and kidney, and clearing heat from
blood to stop bleeding.
Indications:
1. To treat
dizziness, tinnitus, aching and weakness of the waist and
knees, and premature graying of hair caused by Yin
deficiency of the liver and kidney, the herb is often used
in combination with glossy privet fruit, such as Erzhi
Pill.
2. To treat
epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematuria, metrorrhagia and
matrostaxis, and many other kinds of bleeding due to blood
heat, the herb is often used in combination with Japanese
thistle, field thistle, cogongrass rhizome, dried
rehmannia root, capejasmine fruit and other herbs for
clearing heat from blood to stop bleeding.
Dosage and
Administration: 10-15g.
Appropriate amount for external applications.
