Houttuynia (Yuxingcao)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Herba Houttuyniae |
| Botanical Name: | Houttuynia cordate Thunb. |
| Common Name: | Houttuynia |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Mingyi Bielu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The entire plant is gathered in the time between summer and autumn. After gathering, it is cleaned and dried in the sun. |
| Properties and Taste: | Pungent and slightly cold |
| Meridian: | Lung |
| Functions: | To clear heat and release toxins |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Lung abscess manifested as cough with bloody and pus-like sputum. *Use with Platycodon root (Jiegeng) and Coix seed (Yiyiren) 2. Heat in the lungs manifested as cough with yellow and thick sputum. *Use with Mulberry bark (Sangbaipi) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou). 3. Boils and swelling due to toxic heat. *Use with Dandelion herb (Pugongying) and Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao). |
| Dosage: | 15-30 g |