Verbena, Vervain, Ma Bian Cao 马鞭草 Sacra Herba, Sideritis, Herba Sanguinalis, ColumbinaMa Bian Ca (TCM) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Male Vervain (left) and Female Vervain (above)Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530 Flora von Deutschland (19), Kohler, 1884 Botanical name: Verbena officinalisSeveral different varieties are used including ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ Parts used: Root, herb in flower Temperature & Taste: Neutral, dry (Salmon). Bitter, PungentConsidered Cool in older TCM texts. Classifications: 2D ATTENUATERS OF CONGEALED BLOOD.  2F. PURIFYING.  2T. GLUTINATE4b. OPTHALMICTCM:K. Move the Blood Uses: Clears Wind and Heat, Resists Poison, Promotes Sweat: (West, TCM) Colds, Flu, as well as Epidemic, Malignant and Pestilential FeversSore Throat, DiphtheriaMeasles, Small Pox, other Eruptive Feversvarious types of Fever including Intermittent and Malarial Fevers; Gerard said it is of ‘singular force against the Tertian and Quartan fevers’chronic Malaria (TCM)Abscesses, Toxic Sores, Gingivitisvarious Poisons, but especially against Venomous bites. Clears Heat and Toxin, Resolves Swellings: (West, TCM): abscess of the Breast, Mastitis, ScrofulaCholecystitis, Jaundice, abdominal Tumors, Hepatitis, Liver Cirrhosis, Ascites and SplenomegalyCancer, including of the Liver and Ovaries.‘good for dissolving hard mass’. (Ben Cao Gang Mu) Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation: (West, TCM) ‘Excellent for the Womb’ (Culpeper)Amenorrhea and Dysmenorrhea.promote Labor, taken in…

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