Botanical Name: Schizonepeta tenuifolia Briq.
Plant Type: Annual herb from the Lamiaceae (Mint) family.
Medicinal Part: The dried aerial part of the plant.
Main Production Areas: Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, and other regions in China.
Harvesting & Processing: Collected during the flowering period in spring and summer, dried in the shade, and cut into segments. The flower spikes can also be used medicinally. Used raw or charred.
[Properties]
Taste & Nature: Pungent and slightly warm.
Meridians Entered: Lung and Liver meridians.
[Functions]
- Dispels wind and releases the exterior.
- Promotes eruption and relieves itching.
- Stops bleeding.
[Clinical Applications]
- Used for wind-cold and wind-heat common colds.
- Used for incomplete eruption of measles.
- Used for initial-stage sores and abscesses, fever, and chills.
- Used for nosebleeds, blood in the stool, and abnormal uterine bleeding.
[Dosage & Administration]
Decoction: 3-10g. Should not be boiled for too long.
- For releasing the exterior, promoting eruption, and resolving sores, use raw.
- For stopping bleeding, use the charred form.
[Precautions]
Contraindicated in cases of spontaneous sweating due to exterior deficiency and yin-deficiency headaches.