Chinese name:

Source:

Ecliptae Herba - herb

Nature:

• cool

Taste:

• sweet, sour (salty, bitter)

Tropism:

• liver
• kidneys (stomach, small intestine, large intestine)

Direction of action:

• -

Effects:

• tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin

• cools the blood
• stops bleeding

Dosage:

• 6 – 15 g, standardly 10 g

Contraindications:

• caution is required in cases of Spleen and Stomach deficiency cold with diarrhoea, and Kidney deficiency cold