Prunella, Self heal, Xia Ku Cao Prunella, Self-heal, Xia Ku Cao 夏枯草 Also called Consolida minorXia Ku Cao (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Dietrich, Flora regni borussici, 1834 Botanical name: Prunella vulgarisPrunella hispida is also used in parts of China. Parts used: Flowering tops; Herb Temperature & Taste: Cool, dry. (Warm in the West). Slightly Sweet, Bitter, PungentBitter, Cleansing, Binding Classifications: 2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD2T. GLUTINATETCM:B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire Uses: Clears Liver Heat (TCM, West): red, swollen, painful eyesHeadache, Dizziness, Convulsions, Vertigo, EpilepsyHepatitisHypertension; it has also been regarded as effective for HypotensionHyperthyroidism Clears Heat and Poison: Toxic Sores, Abscesses, Carbuncles‘the bites of Mad Dogs and Venomous beasts’ (Culpeper)also taken to prevent Infection during epidemics including Measles‘Quinsey [Tonsillitis], sores and ulcers of the mouth and jaws’. (Salmon)Dysentery (TCM)Viral infections including Herpes, Glandular Fever, Mumps, HIV etc. Clears Heat and Poison, Resolves Masses: phlegm and heat-type Scrofula, Goiter, Lymphadenitis, Swollen Glands in the neck, and various other nodes and swellingsused as a stand-alone herb for Scrofula, including those that have ruptured or ulceratedspecial for Mastitis, Abscesses, Tumors and Cancer of the Breastother Tumors and Cancers including Lymphoma Clears Heat, Clears Stasis,…

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