INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Lippiae
Common English:	Lippia

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Acrid Bitter	Cool (Neutral) Slightly Toxic	Liver Kidney (Lung) (Heart) (Small Intestine)	6-15g Fresh: 30-60g

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, reduces inflammation and regulates menstruation

Gynecological disorders

Expels Wind, removes toxin and disperses swelling

Carbuncles, sore throat, tonsillitis, ulcerative gingivitis

Diarrhea due to Heat

Gonorrhea, herpes zoster

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Drive out stasis in the Lower Abdomen Decoction *Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang*	Flos Celosiae Cristatae Ji Guan Hua Hb. Portulacae Ma Chi Xian	Hb. Pteris Feng Wei Cao Hb. Verbenae Ma Bian Cao Flos Carthami Hong Hua Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi Sm. Persicae Tao Ren Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao (Gentianae Decoction to Drain the Liver) (Long Dan xie Gan Tang)
Irregular menstruation amenor-rhea or dysmenorrhea due to Heat and Blood Stagnation in the Lower Jiao	White discharge	Infertility due to chronic inflam-mation of the pelvic cavity
Hb. Pteris Feng Wei Cao Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao (Eight-Herb Powder for Rectification) (Ba Zheng San)	Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye Lasiosphaera/Calvatia Ma Bo Hb. Rostellulariae Jue Chuang Cao
Gonorrhea	Tonsillitis, parotitis, Upper respiratory infection Toxic swelling