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Pipewort Flower

Pipewort Flower. Class: Fire Purging Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Sweet; Calm. Meridians: Liver; Lung

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Gu Jing Cao
中文名 (Chinese)
谷精草
Latin Name
Eriocauli Flos; Flos Eriocauli
English Name
Pipewort Flower
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (ζ€§ε‘³)
Pungent; Sweet; Calm
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Lung
Part Used
Flower head with peduncle
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Fire Purging Drugs
εŠŸζ•ˆεˆ†η±» (CN)
清热泻火药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (εŠŸθƒ½)
To expel wind and heat and to clear the eye of corneal opacity.
Indication (δΈ»ζ²»)
Distended red eyes and screen, delacrimation and photophobia, night blindness, headache, deep-source nasal congestion, throat impediment, toothache, wind papule itching.
Clinical Manifestations
Bacteriostatic
πŸ”— External References
SymMap
144
TCMID
1881
TCMSP
144
TCM-ID
699