Portulaca, Purslane Portulaca, Purslane, Ma Chi Xian 马齿苋 Kulfa (Ayurveda)Kharfah, Kulfa (Unani)Ma Chi Xian (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Thomé, Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, 1885 Botanical name: Portulaca oleraceaTwo types were differentiated: Garden with Broad leaves (best); Wild with Narrow leaves Parts used: Leaf, Seed Temperature & Taste: Cool, moist. Sour. It is more moist when fresh.“It is Cold in the Third and Moist in the last stage of the Second degree”. (Avicenna) Classifications: 2N. REPELLENT.  2O. ASTRINGENT.  2P. HEMOSTATIC3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC.  3Q. ANTHELMINTIC4a. CEPHALIC.  4e. STOMACHIC.   4f. SPLENETIC.  4g. HEPATIC.  4h. NEPHRITIC.  4i. UTERINETCM:B. Clears Heat and Toxin   B. Clears Deficient Heat Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Toxin (TCM, West, Ayurveda):-’Used chiefly to abate Feverish Heat, and in Putrid Malignant Fevers’. (Schroder)-hot, toxic skin conditions including Boils, Carbuncles-hot inflammations of the eyes, mouth, and throat.-Snake and Insect bites2. Clears Heat, Calms the Mind, Eases Pain:-cools the body and promote rest when there is excess heat; the flowers are calming and sedative.-‘It cools all the inward parts, eases Pain … causes Sleep’. (Salmon)3. Clears Heat of the Liver and Stomach (TCM, West, Ayurveda):-headache, red eyes, irritability, constipation, heat-type pain, insomnia-redness and inflammation…

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