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Prunella Spike
Spica Prunellae
This drug is the spike or whole plant of the perennial
herb, Prunella vulgaris L. (Family Labiaceae), grown in
the regions throughout China, mainly produced when its
spikes become withered, and dried in the sunlight.
Properties: Bitterness
and pungent in flavour, coldness in nature, it acts liver and
gallbladder channels. Its bitter flavour and cold
property clear the heat and fire, and the pungency
resolves the hard lumps. The herb can clear the
excessive fire from liver and gallbladder to improve
vision, and reduce the phlegm- fire stasis to remove
scrofula. It is an important herb for treating
conjunctival congestion, headache, and scrofula caused
by phlegm-fire stasis.
Effects: Clearing
up liver-heart, purging fire, subduing swellings, and
resolving hard lumps.
Indications:
1. For treating
intense fire in the liver channel, liver fire,
conjunctival congestion, dizziness and headache, it is
used in combination with the drugs for clearing
liver-fire, and improve vision, such as capejasmine
fruit and chrysanthemum flower. For treating deficiency
of liver-yin, blurred vision, it is used together with
wolfberry fruit and cassia seed to nourish liver and
improve vision.
2. For treating
the scrofula caused by stasis of phlegm fire, it is used
in combination with the drugs such as scrophularia root,
oyster shell and kelp (laminaria) for softening and
resolving hard lumps, resolving phlegm and eliminating
scrofula.
Dosage and
Administration:10-15g. Decocted in water for an oral
dose of prepared as adhesive plaster.
Precautions:
The water and alcohol extracts of this herb can lower
the blood pressure. Its decoction has inhibiting effects
of varying degrees on such bacteria such as Shigella
dysen teriae, Salmonella typhi, Vibrio cholerae,
Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis var.
hominis, and staphylococci. It also has an anti-neoplastic
effect.
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For the
convenience of customers, we offer the
Prunella Spike
as the
quick-dissolving granule made through modern technology.
Directions:
Every
sachet is equivalent to raw herb 10 grams.
The dosage is for
adults, one sachet each time, twice a day. Please
put the granule into a cup, then put 50-100ml
boiling water into the cup and stir it with spoon.
You will get some tea, drink it when it is luke-warm.
For children, the dosage should be reduced according
to the weight.
Air ship 50 sachets of
Prunella Spike
in the form of quick-dissolving granule for your
personal use now at $55.00 .
If you would like to
order this raw herb, please go to
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