INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: MAO YAN CAO - 猫眼草 - HERBA EUPHORBIAE LUNULATAE

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Euphorbiae Lunulatae
Common English: Crescent-shaped Euphorbia

CATEGORY

Herbs that Resolve Phlegm

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Acrid
Slightly Cold
(Cold)
(Cool)
Toxic
Lung
Stomach
Liver
Spleen
3-9g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Resolves Phlegm, resolves toxicity and promotes urination

Phlegm, cough and asthma, edema, scrofula, cancer, swelling of unknown origin

Kills parasites and alleviates pain

Scabies, tinea, itch

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Stomach Deficiency.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

  1. It is said that this herb governs cervical lymph nodes.
  2. It treats tuberculosis.
  3. This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
  4. For treatment of chronic bronchitis, grind Mao Yan Cao, Sm. Lepidii/Descurainiae Ting Li Zi and Rx. Adenophorae Nan Sha Shen into a powder. Make the powder into 0.25g tablets. Take 6 tablets 3 times a day for a course of 20 days.
  5. This herb is said to have the same functions as Rx. Euphorbiae Pekinensis Hong/Jing Da Ji, but is somewhat milder.