Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen Scrophularia, Figwort, Xuan Shen 玄参 Xuan Shen (Chinese Figwort)Gyer shing pa  གཡེར་ཤིང་པ  (Tibetan) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Flora von Deutschland (17), Kohler, 1884 Scrophularia nodosa(Photo by Franz Xaver) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Scrophularia spp. S. nodosa, S. umbrosa (“Water Betony”) (Europe) S. ningpoensis, S. buergeriana (TCM) S. incisa, S. ningpoensis, S. koelzii, S. dentata (Tibetan) S. peregrina (Unani) S. striata, S. kotschyana, S. amplexicaulis (Iran) S. syriaca (syn. S. hypericifolia) A large number of Scrophularia species have been used, most appearing to have similar uses. Parts used: Root. In the West, sometimes the herb and root together were used, especially in external compounds. Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry (warm in the West). Bitter Classifications: 2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOODTCM:B. Clears Heat from the Blood    B. Clears Deficient Heat Uses: 1. Clears Heat, Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Resolves Masses (TCM, West):-‘possesses the potency of dissolving Induration (hardness)’. (Avicenna)-‘Hard mass due to Blood Stasis’. (Ming Yi Bie Lu)-Lymphatic Swellings, Scrofula, Lymphadenitis etc.-various Tumors and Cancers in both east and west; Matthiolus listed it for Cancer-‘fit to discuss the most obstinate Tumors’ (Medicina Britannica, 1746).-Fistulas (decocted in Wine)-Hemorrhoids-chronic Liver diseases with inflammation.-chronic inflammation with exudation due to low vitality.-chronic Ulcers, Fistulas…

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