INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Sedi
Common English:	Hanging Stonecrop Stringy Stonecrop Sedum

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Bland Slightly Sour	Cool	Liver Gall Bladder Small Intestine	Dried: 10-30g Fresh: 50-100g Tincture: 2-5ml

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, reduces abscesses and disperses swellings

Sores and abscesses, including those affecting the throat (internally or topically)

Snakebite

Burns

Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, resolves Dampness and reduces jaundice

Damp-Heat jaundice

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying	Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao Hb. Lysimachiae Jin Qian Cao or Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang	Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding Hb. Lobeliae Ban Bian Lian
Abscesses and acute sores	Damp-Heat jaundice	Carbuncles, cellulitis, snakebites and burns

This can be used as a stand-alone for snakebite and burns, usually as a juice pressed from the fresh herb.
This is very commonly used in prescriptions to treat acute, persistent and active forms of hepatitis.
It is effective in lowering Liver enzymes.
This herb also treats low-grade Yin Deficiency fevers.