| [English Name] | Tomentose Elephantfoot Herb | |
| [Chinese Name] | 白花地胆草 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Baihuadidancao | |
| [Latin Name] | Elephantopi Tomentosi Herba | |
| [Genera] | Compositae | |
| [Efficacy] | Antipyretic drug | |
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| [Ecology] | It grows in hillside wilderness 、road side or bushes. | |
| [Chemical composition] | This plants contains tomenphantopin A, tomenphantopin B, dihydroelephantopin, elephantin[1]. |
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| [Properties] | Taste:bitter, pungent; property: cold; belong to lung and liver channels. |
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| [Medical and other Uses] | Function:clearing away theheat-evil, cooling the blood, removing toxic agents, eliminating wetness. Syndromesto be treated: Cold, whooping cough, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, conjunctivitis,jaundice, dropsy, irregular menstruation , vaginal discharge, boils, eczema,worm and snake bites. |
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| [Dosage] | Oraladministration: decoction, dry herb 6～ Topicalapplication: in right amount, smashed and smear on the skin, or wash with thedecoction. |
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| [Cautions] | Forbid to beused in the cold syndrome. |
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1. Furunculosis, acute mastitis 2. Pyogenic infections of armpits 3. Snake bite 4. Conjunctivitis 5. Jaundice on Yang syndrome 6. Cirrhosis ascites 7. Diabetes 8. Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea 9. Dysentery 10. Malaria 11. Pertussis |
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