Platycladus Leaf Platycladi Cacumen (twig and leaf of Platycladus orientalis)
Blood-cooling hemostaticsCold
Source-based · educational reference
Traditional recorded function
Cool the Blood and stop bleeding, dispel phlegm and stop cough.
1. For various bleeding patterns. 2. For cough with profuse phlegm. 3. Applied topically, it can treat erysipelas, mumps, and the like.
Nature & taste
BitterAstringentCold
Meridians entered
LungLarge Int.Liver
Botanical source
Accepted namePlatycladus orientalis (L.) Franco
FamilyCupressaceae
Herbal properties
Slightly coldReducingDescendingDispersingDrying