Chui Pen Cao - 垂盆草 - Herba Sedi

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Sedi
Common English:	Hanging Stonecrop Sedum Stringy Stonecrop

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat: Herbs that Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Bland Slightly Sour	Cool (Cold) (Slightly Toxic)	Liver Gall Bladder Small Intestine	Dried: 10-30g Fresh: 50-100g Tincture: 2-5ml

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat, Disperses swellings, Reduces abscesses, Resolves toxicity	Sores and abscesses, including those affecting the throat (internally or topically) Snakebite Burns
Clears Heat, Reduces jaundice, Resolves Dampness, Resolves toxicity	Damp-Heat jaundice

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying	Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao Hb. Lysimachiae Jin Qian Cao Or Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang	Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding Hb. Lobeliae Ban Bian Lian
Abscesses and acute sores	Damp-Heat jaundice	Carbuncles, cellulitis, snakebites and burns

Notes

1. For snakebite and burns it may be used on its own, typically as juice pressed from the fresh plant.
2. Prescriptions for acute, persistent and active hepatitis very often include it.
3. It inhibits cancer cell growth.
4. It is effective at reducing Liver enzymes.
5. Low-grade fevers from Yin Deficiency are also treated with this herb.
6. Lesions from toxic insect stings or scalding can be treated with juice extracted from the fresh leaves.
7. It has been reported to treat furuncles, abnormal defecation and membranous pharyngitis.
8. The leaves, Fol. Sedi, are salty and astringent, and as cool as Natrii Sulfas Mang Xiao. They effectively remove filth and malignant toxicity.
9. Restless conditions linked to septicemia and hematotoxicosis can be treated with a large amount of fresh juice.
10. Taken alone or mixed with sugar or syrup, the raw juice can relieve asthenic and sweltering fever, ease restless thirst, settle pharyngitis, laryngitis and inflammation of the mouth and tongue, and cure diarrhea or diarrhea with hemafecia.
11. Used as a gargle together with Chinese ink, it can cure membranous pharyngitis.
12. Pounded with a little salt and applied locally, it can cure unbearable headaches.
13. The four-leaved variety is Acrid and Warm and treats internal lesions resulting from trauma