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Alternate English names: pipewort [flower]

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Eriocaulon buergerianum Koern. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Eriocaulon buergerianum Koern.*; Eriocaulon sieboldianum Sieb. et Zucc. ex Steud.; Eriocaulon nudicuspe Maxim.; Eriocaulon sexangulare L.; Eriocaulon australe R. Br.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing fire-draining agents

Properties: Sweet, acrid; balanced (some texts say cool).

Channel entry: Liver and stomach channels.

Actions and indications: Clears liver heat; disperses wind-heat; brightens the eyes and abates screens: Eye diseases due to liver heat or wind-heat; headache, toothache, or painful swollen throat due to wind-heat.

Dosage and method: Oral: 6–15g in decoctions.

Warnings: Unsuitable for eye diseases due to yīn vacuity or blood depletion.

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