INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Hyperici
Common English: Japanese Saint John's Wort
Herbs that Clear Heat
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Sweet
Cool
Cold
Lung
Liver
Kidney
(Bladder)
15-60g
Large dose: 90-120g
Fresh: 30-60g
Tincture: 2-4ml
Actions Indications/Syndromes

Dispels Heat, relieves toxicity, promotes diuresis, reduces swelling and Clears Damp-Heat

Tonsillitis, External and Internal trauma, infectious hepatitis, febrile convulsion, diarrhea, dysentery, appendicitis, infantile malnutrition, swellings, snake bites

Topically, as a lotion for dermatitis

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  1. This herb can be pounded for juice, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.