Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

bái huā shé shé cǎo / 白花蛇舌草 / 白花蛇舌草 / oldenlandia;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Oldenlandiae Herba

Alternate English names: spreading oldenlandia

Alternate Chinese names:

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing toxin-resolving agents

Properties: Bitter, sweet; cold.

Channel entry: stomach, large intestine, and small intestine channels.

Indications:

• Clears heat and resolves toxin: Toxin swelling of welling-abscesses and sores, painful swollen throat, snake bites.
• Disinhibits urine and frees strangury: Damp-heat strangury (shī rè lìn) with inhibited urination; damp-heat jaundice.
• Modern applications: Combined with bàn zhī lián (半枝莲 Scutellariae Barbatae Herba, bearded scutellaria;), bái huā shé shé cǎo is very commonly used as an adjuvant medicinal in oncology.

Dosage & Method:

Oral: 15–30g in decoctions.

Warning:

Contraindicated in yīn flat-abscesses and spleen-stomach vacuity cold.

Product Area:

Yúnnán, Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Fújiàn, Zhèjiāng, Jiāngsū, ānhuī.