Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

hān cài / 蔊菜 / 蔊菜 / rorippa;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Rorippae Herba seu Flos

Alternate English names: cress

Alternate Chinese names: 辣米菜 là mǐ cài; 塘葛菜 táng gé cài; 田葛菜 tián gé cài; 江剪刀菜 jiāng jiǎn dāo cài

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Phlegm-transforming cough-relieving panting-calming agents / Cough-relieving panting-calming agents

Properties: Acrid; cool; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: lung and liver channels.

Indications:

• Dispels phlegm and relieves cough: Cough and panting with copious phlegm.
• Clears heat and resolves toxin: Painful swollen throat; welling-abscesses and sores.
• Disinhibits dampness and abates jaundice: Damp-heat jaundice.

  Dosage & Method:

  Oral: (10–30g; fresh 30–60g). Topical: Apply the fresh product crushed.

  Product Area:

  Most parts of China.