Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

dì jǐn cǎo / 地锦草 / 地錦草 / humifuse euphorbia

Latin pharmacognostic name: Euphorbiae Humifusae Herba

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Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

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

Properties: Bitter, acrid; balanced.

Channel entry: liver, stomach, and large intestine channels.

Indications:

• Clears heat and resolves toxin: Diarrhea and dysentery; swollen welling-abscesses (yong); venomous snake bites.
• Bloody stool; bloody urine; flooding and spotting; bleeding from external injuries.
• Disinhibits dampness and abates jaundice: Damp-heat jaundice; heat strangury; inhibited urination.

  Dosage & Method:

  Oral: Decoct (15–30g).

  Product Area:

  Most part, especially the Yangtze basin and south.