Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

shé méi / 蛇莓 / 蛇莓 / snake strawberry

Latin pharmacognostic name: Duchesneae Herba

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names: 一点红[1] yī diǎn hóng

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing toxin-resolving agents

Properties: Sweet and bitter; cold; toxic.

Channel entry: lung, stomach, and liver channels.

Indications:

• Clears heat and resolves toxin: Swollen welling-abscesses (yōng zhǒng); clove sores (dīng); painful swollen throat; diphtheria; eczema; snake and insect bites; burns and scalds.
• Relieves cough and stanches bleeding: Coughing of blood; vomiting of blood (blood ejection); flooding and spotting.

  Dosage & Method:

  Oral: 10–15g. Topical: Appropriate amount.

  Product Area:

  Liáoníng, Héběi, Hénán, Jiāngsū, ānhuī, Húběi, Húnán, Sìchuān, Zhèjiāng, Jiāngxī, Fújiàn, Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Yúnnán, Guìzhōu.