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Alligator Alternanthera
Alligator Alternanthera. Properties: Bitter; Sweet; Cold. Meridians: Lung; Heart; Liver; Bladder
πΏ Names
Pinyin Name
Kong Xin Xian
δΈζε (Chinese)
η©ΊεΏθ
Latin Name
Herba Altemantherae Philoxeroidis
English Name
Alligator Alternanthera
Alias Names
η©ΊεΏθΉθ€θζ°΄θΉθζ°΄θ±ηθΏε‘θθθθεθΉθ水马齿θθ₯ηͺθ
β― TCM Properties
Properties (ζ§ε³)
Bitter; Sweet; Cold
Meridians (ε½η»)
Lung; Heart; Liver; Bladder
Part Used
Fresh aerial parts
π©Ί Clinical Profile
Function (εθ½)
To clear heat and cool blood, resolve toxin, disinhibit urine.
Indication (δΈ»ζ²»)
Viral infection, toxic hepatitis, icterohepatitis, epidemic hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, hemoptysis, hematuria, common cold with fever, hemorrhagic fever, measles papules, encephalitis of early stage, encephalitis b, jaundice, strangury-turbidity, epidemic parotitis, eczema, swollen welling abscess, sore and boil, poisonous snake bite.
π External References
HERB DB
TCMID
6585