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Alternate Chinese names: 旱莲草 hàn lián cǎo, 莲子草 lián zǐ cǎo; 墨菜 mò cài; 墨斗草 mò dǒu cǎo; 墨汁草 mò zhī cǎo; 墨汁菜 mò zhī cài; 墨记菜 mò jì cài

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Eclipta prostrata L. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Eclipta prostrata L.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Supplementing agents / Yīn-supplementing agents

Properties: Sweet, sour; cold.

Channel entry: Liver and kidney channels.

Actions and indications:

• Enriches yīn and boosts the kidney: Liver-kidney yīn vacuity.
• Cools the blood and stanches bleeding: Blood heat manifesting with vomiting of blood (blood ejection), nosebleed, bloody urine or stool, or flooding and spotting.
• Additional uses: Dried mò hàn lián may be decocted to treat dysentery.

Dosage and method: Oral: 10–15g in decoctions. Double the dose when using the fresh herb. Also used externally.

Warnings: Unsuitable for spleen-stomach vacuity cold with diarrhea.

Quality: Large, thick, yet supple stems and absence of earth are signs of good quality.

Production area: Guǎngdōng, Húběi, Jiāngsū.

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