Elsholtzia (Xiangru)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Herba Elsholtziae |
| Botanical Name: | Elsholtzia splendens Nakai ex F. Maekawa |
| Common Name: | Elsholtzia, Aromatic Madder |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Mingyi Bielu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The entire plant, when it sis ripe is gathered dried in the sunshine and cut into pieces. |
| Properties and Taste: | Pungent and slightly warm |
| Meridian: | Lung and stomach |
| Functions: | To promote diaphoresis and release the exterior To resolve dampness and harmonize the spleen and stomach To promote water metabolism and release edema |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Wind-cold exterior syndrome occurring in the summer season manifested as chills, fever, headache, absence of sweating, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. *Use with Hyacinth bean (Biandou). 2. Edema and dysuria. *Use with White atractylodes (Baizhu). |
| Dosage: | 3-10 g |
| Cautions: | This herb is contraindicated in deficiency exterior syndrome with sweating. |