Houttuynia Herb Houttuynia cordata Thunb. (Herba Houttuyniae)
Clear heat and resolve toxin medicinesCold
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Traditional recorded function
Clear heat and resolve toxin, resolve abscess and discharge pus, promote urination and free strangury
1. Lung carbuncle, lung-heat cough. 2. Heat-toxin sores and carbuncles. 3. Heat strangury.
Nature & taste
PungentCold
Meridians entered
Lung
Botanical source
Accepted nameHouttuynia cordata Thunb.
FamilySaururaceae
Herbal properties
Slightly coldReducingDescendingDispersingDrying
Found in these formulas
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