THis medicinal is the above-ground part of Eclipta prostrate L. (Fam. Compositae). It is harvested when the plant is in blossom, dried by natural sunlight, sliced and used in its uprepared form.
[ Medicinal Properties ]: Sweet, sour, cold; relate to liver and kidney meridians.
[ Medicinal Efficacies ]:Nourish liver yin and kidney yin, cool blood to stop bleeding .
[ Clinical Applications ]: 1. Syndrome of liver-kidney yin deficiency For early graying hair, vertigo, insomnia, dreaminess, soreness and limpness in the lumber regio and knees, spermatiorhea and tinnitus, due to yin deficiency of liver and kidney or yin deficiency with internal heat , it is used in combination with Nvzhenzi, in Er Zhi Pills.
2. Hemorrhage due to yin deficiency with blood heat It is appropriate for hemorrhage due to yin deficiency with blood heat. It can be used by itself or i combination with Shengdihuang and Ejiao.
[ Usage and Dosage ]: 6-12g.
墨旱莲为菊科植物鳢肠Eclipta prostrata L.的地上部分。主产于江苏、江西、浙江等地。花开时采割,晒干,切段生用。