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Spreading Hedyotis Herb Hedyotis diffusa Willd. (Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae)

Clear heat and resolve toxin medicinesCold
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Traditional recorded function

Clear heat, resolve toxin, and resolve abscess; drain dampness and free strangury

1. Used for sores and ulcers with swelling and toxin, sore swollen throat, venomous snake bites. 2. Used for intestinal carbuncle with abdominal pain. 3. Used for heat strangury. 4. Widely used in the treatment of various cancers.

Nature & taste

BitterSweetCold

Meridians entered

Large Int.Sm. Int.Stomach

Herbal properties

ColdReducingDispersingDrying

Found in these formulas

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