Ji Xue Cao - 积雪草 - Herba Centellae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Centellae
Common English:	Asiatic Pennywort Herb Gotu Kola

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Acrid	Cold	Liver Spleen Kidney Bladder Lung Small Intestine Large Intestine	3-15g Fresh: 15-30g Blood Tonic 1.2-1.5g

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat, Promotes diuresis, Removes toxicity, Resolves swelling	Dysentery, jaundice due to Damp-Heat, traumatic injury, sores, abscesses and boils, hematuria, sore throat, rubella, pinkeye, scabies, epistaxis, urolithiasis, diarrhea due to Summerheat, abdominal pain due to eruptive disease
Invigorates the Blood, reduces swelling and stops pain	Traumatic injuries
Clears Damp-Heat	Enteritis, abdominal pain
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding	Bleeding due to Heat in the Blood, hematemesis, hemoptysis
Clears the Liver and brightens the eyes	Night blindness in children, eye inflammation, cataracts, glaucoma

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding	Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao	Rz. Belamcandae She Gan Rx. Sophorae Tonkinensis Shan Dou Gen
Sores and abscesses due to Blazing Heat Toxin.	Red eyes from Wind-Heat.	Acute red, swollen, painful throat.
Hb. Plantaginis Che Qian Cao Hb. Dianthi Qu Mai	Olibanum Ru Xiang Myrrh Mo Yao Pyritum Zi Ran Tong	Hb. Pteris Feng Wei Cao Hb. Andrographitis Chuan Xin Lian Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian Hb. Bidentis Xian Feng Cao
Hesitant, painful urination.	Pain from trauma.	Enteritis and abdominal pain.
Hb. Pteris Feng Wei Cao Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian	Hb. Pteris Feng Wei Cao Fol. Nelumbinis He Ye Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
Dysentery.	Summerheat stroke..

It is reported to treat skin eruptions and urinary tract infections.
According to one source, it activates the Blood and has a sedative effect.
One source states that it treats tidal fevers occurring at midnight and noon, dizziness, aversion to Cold, aching of the limbs and trunk with a feeling of heaviness, no taste for food or drink, spreading sores, and persistent fever from consumption,
To promote urination, take it together with water buffalo meat.
Vomiting may occur with this herb.