Ya Zhi Cao - 鴨跖草 - Herba Commelina E

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Commelinae
Common English:	Commelina Communis Common Dayflower

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Bland	Cold	Lung Stomach Small Intestine Kidney Large Intestine (Urinary Bladder)	9-30g Fresh 60-90g

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Cools Heat, drains Fire and slightly resolves toxicity and cools the Blood

Fever from relatively superficial warm pathogens

Fever and sore throat of the common cold

Stubborn fever from a warm pathogen disease

Leukorrhea, sores and boils, metrorrhagia, hepatitis with jaundice, erysipelas, barbiers, parotitis, epistaxis, dysentery

Clears Heat, facilitates urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction

Hot, painful urinary dysfunction and edema, hematuria

Edema with scanty urination

Acute rheumatoid arthritis, uropenia

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Hb. Menthae Haplocalycis Bo He Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi	Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen	Hb. Spirodelae Fu Ping Rx. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
Qi level diseases.	A sore, swollen throat. A sore throat from the mumps.	Hot, painful urinary dysfunction with Exterior symptoms.
Hb. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi Hb. Lophatheri *Dan Zhu Ye*
Painful urinary dysfunction from Urinary Bladder Damp-Heat.

Used alone, it treats toxic swellings and sores whether internally or externally generated;
The fresh herb by itself can be used for persistent fevers.
For external use, pound it into a pulp.
It can detoxify food poisoning of any kind.
This herb and Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye both clear Heat and promote urination. Hb. Commelinae Ya Zhi Cao cools and promotes urination more strongly than Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye, though its effects last for a shorter time.