Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Jin Long Dan Cao - 金龍膽草 - Herba Conyzae

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Conyzae
Common English: Fleabane Herb

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire

Properties

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter Cold Lung
Liver
6-9g

Actions And Indications

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, Cools the Blood, Promotes diuresis, Relieves cough and dyspnea, Removes toxicity, Resolves Phlegm, Stops bleeding.

Sore throat, traumatic hemorrhage, nose bleeding, excessive Phlegm with dyspnea, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, metrostaxis and aphtha

Jaundice due to Dampness and Heat

Cough due to Lung-Heat

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Major Combinations

Notes

  1. The herb can be pounded into a juice and used as eye drops or ear drops.

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.