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Oxalidis Corymbosae Herba seu Radix

Lavender sorrel

铜锤草 〔銅錘草〕 tóng chuí cáo

Alternate Chinese names: 红花酢浆草 hóng huā cù jiāng cǎo; 大酸味草 dà suān wèi cǎo

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Oxalis corymbosa DC.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sour; cold.

Actions and indications: Disperses cold and disperses swelling; clears heat and resolves toxin. Treats injury from knocks and falls; painful swollen throat; pyelonephritis; strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); water diarrhea; dysentery; welling-abscesses (yōng); scalds.

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