INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Folium Baekeae Frutescens
Common English:	Leaf of the Shrubby Baeckea

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter	Cold	Heart Liver Spleen Kidney Bladder	10-30g

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Dispels Damp Heat	Acute gastroenteritis, diarrhea, difficult urination, liver cirrhosis, sunstroke and fever
Kills parasites and relieves itching	External application for trichomonas vaginitis, beriberi, eczema, itchy skin, scabies, water and fire burns, insect bites, athlete's foot, leprosy, boils
Promotes the circulation of Qi and alleviates pain	Bruises, belly hardening

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INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

In South East Asia the leaves, and sometimes the flowers, are used to make herbal tea. The tea is refreshing and used to treat fevers and lassitude.
The eaves are used as an ingredient of native medicine given to mother after childbirth in Malaysia and Indonesia.
The essential oil is used in massage to treat rheumatism
The Malays use it as a tonic for women after childbirth and the ground leaf powder is also rubbed over the body
In Vietnam, it is used to treat influenza, headache, measles, colic and jaundice. Here the treatment is in the form of fumigation of the dried plant or inhalation of vapors from boiling of the fresh plant in water.
It is also used for dyspepsia, dysentery and menstrual disorders.
In Indochina, the leaves and flowers are used for catarrh, headache and rheumatism.