Bai Jiang Cao - 败酱草 - Herba Patriniae - Thlaspi

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Patriniae
Common English:	Dahurian Patrinia Herb Patrinia Penny-cress Snow thistle Thlaspi White Flower Patrinia

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire: Herbs that Clear Heat and Detoxify; Target Warm and Heat Diseases

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Acrid Bitter (Sweet)	Slightly Cold (Cool)	Large Intestine Liver Stomach	6-30g Tincture: 2-5ml 6-15g (Secondary source)

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat, Eliminates Phlegm, Expels pus, Reduces abscesses (internal and topical), Resolves toxicity	Fire toxicity disorders such as Intestinal abscess, furuncles, carbuncles, erysipelas, Lung toxicity, reproductive system Heat Fire Toxin sores and swellings (Chuang Yung)
Dispels Blood Stasis, Invigorates the Blood, Resolves bruises, Stops pain	Heat induced Blood Stagnation with pain and obstruction especially in the abdomen and chest Postpartum pain and post operative pain

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua	Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying	Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
Suppurative abscesses.	Intestinal abscess with fever, abdominal and costal pain, postpartum abdominal pain and eye redness, swelling and pain.	Intestinal abscesses that have not completely suppurated.
Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying	Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren	Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
Swollen, toxic sores and abscesses and pain redness and swelling of the eyes. Disperses Stagnation due to Heat Toxin with abdominal pain and distention, abdominal masses and jaundice. Gynecological disorders involving vaginal discharge, pain and abdominal distention due to Heat Stasis.	Suppurations due to smoldering Damp-Heat.	Suppurative Intestinal abscess without Heat symptoms.
Hb. Houttuyniae Yu Xing Cao Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin	Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao	Faeces Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
Lung abscess.	Abdominal pain and fever due to postpartum Blood Stasis. Unsuppurated Intestinal abscess with an immobile abdominal mass.	Chest and abdominal pain.
Hb. Houttuyniae Yu Xing Cao Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng	Faeces Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
Lung abscess with fever and cough with mucus and Blood.	Blood Stasis.

Notes

1. On its own, it is used for dysmenorrhea and postpartum pain.
2. Its chief use is for abscesses and tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (generally in combination with Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren).
3. The seeds are employed in treating eye diseases.
4. It also relieves abdominal pain in women caused by Blood Stasis.
5. In gynecology, it is widely used for Blood Stasis with toxic accumulation.
6. It dispels inflammation, drains pus, purifies the Blood and treats edema and swollen lesions.
7. It suppresses the growth of cancer cells.
8. Its uses include carbuncle, general edema, diseases caused by pathogenic Heat, paralysis from pathogenic Wind and pain following paralysis.
9. According to one source, this herb is effective for stubborn illnesses caused by pathogenic Wind and clears chronic Blood Stasis.
10. Another source states that it is effective for diseases of the Blood and Qi, and for cardiac and abdominal lumps.
11. For abdominal pain and fullness, grind 50g of this herb together with 100g of Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren and 20g of Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi into a powder; for each oral dose, decoct 3-5g in 80ml of water, boiling it down to 40ml.
12. Bai Jiang Cao and Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying both cool Heat, resolve toxicity and reduce swollen abscesses. Pu Gong Ying is better at dredging constraint and dispersing clumping (focusing on the Liver and Stomach channels), whereas Bai Jiang Cao is better at eliminating Stasis and expelling pus.
13. Bai Jiang Cao and Hb. Houttuyniae Yu Xing Cao both clear Heat, resolve toxicity, reduce sores and expel pus. Bai Jiang Cao is bitter, acrid and slightly cold, enters the Qi and Blood levels and is excellent at clearing Heat from the Stomach and Intestines. It treats abscesses of the Lungs, Liver and Intestines and expels Blood Stagnation to relieve pain. It is used for pelvic Blood Stagnation and toxic accumulation, such as may occur with postpartum lochia. Yu Xing Cao is acrid and cold and mainly enters the Lung channel. It is best for cooling Lung Heat, eliminating toxicity that manifests as Lung abscess and expelling pus. It also promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction.
14. Studies have found its sedative activity to be twice as strong as that of its Western relative, Valerian root.