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Latin pharmacognostic name: Oldenlandiae Herba

Alternate English names: spreading oldenlandia

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Hedyotis diffusa Willd. [= Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb.] (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Hedyotis diffusa Willd. [= Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxb.]

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.

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

Product Area: Yúnnán, Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Fújiàn, Zhèjiāng, Jiāngsū, ānhuī.

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