Shepherd's purse

Shepherd's purse

(compendium)

[synonym] Yinren (Tao Hongjing).

[source] it is the seedling leaf of the Platycodon plant. The plant morphology is detailed in the article "shepherd's purse".

[nature and taste] Compendium: "sweet and bitter, cold, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. According to the book of materia medica: "it governs the obstruction of wind in the abdominal viscera, and coughs up Qi."

② "Compendium": "Gu Du has abdominal pain, and his face is blue and yellow. He can stand on his bare bones and boil one or two liters of juice to drink. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.