Medicinals

jì cài / 荠菜 / 薺菜 / shepherd's purse

Latin pharmacognostic name: Capsellae Bursa-Pastoris Herba

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names: 护生菜 hù shēng cài; 鸡心菜 jī xīn cài; 净肠菜 jìng cháng cài; 地菜 dì cài; 香荠 xiāng jì; 青明草 qīng míng cǎo

Origin: Plant

Use: alimentary

Category: Blood-stanching agents / Blood-cooling blood-stanching agents

Properties: Sweet and bland; cool; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: liver, spleen, and bladder channels.*

Indications:

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