INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Centellae
Common English: Asiatic Pennywort Herb
Gotu Kola
Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire: Herbs that Clear Heat and Remove Toxicity
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Acrid
Cold
Liver
Spleen
Kidney
Bladder
Lung
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
3-15g
Fresh: 15-30g
Blood Tonic 1.2-1.5g
Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, promotes diuresis, resolves swelling and removes toxicity

Dysentery, jaundice due to Damp-Heat, traumatic injury, sores, abscesses and boils, hematuria, sore throat, rubella, pinkeye, scabies, epistaxis, urolithiasis, diarrhea due to Summerheat, abdominal pain due to eruptive disease

Invigorates the Blood, reduces swelling and stops pain

Traumatic injuries

Clears Damp-Heat

Enteritis, abdominal pain

Cools the Blood and stops bleeding

Bleeding due to Heat in the Blood, hematemesis, hemoptysis

Clears the Liver and brightens the eyes

Night blindness in children, eye inflammation, cataracts, glaucoma

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for for those with Deficiency Cold.
  • Use caution during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Hb. Taraxaci
Pu Gong Ying
Hb. Violae
Zi Hua Di Ding

Flos Chrysanthemi
Ju Hua
Spica Prunellae
Xia Ku Cao

Rz. Belamcandae
She Gan
Rx. Sophorae Tonkinensis
Shan Dou Gen

Sores and abscesses due to Blazing Heat Toxin.

Red eyes from Wind-Heat.

Acute red, swollen, painful throat.

Hb. Plantaginis
Che Qian Cao
Hb. Dianthi
Qu Mai

Olibanum
Ru Xiang
Myrrh
Mo Yao
Pyritum
Zi Ran Tong

Hb. Pteris
Feng Wei Cao
Hb. Andrographitis
Chuan Xin Lian
Rz. Coptidis
Huang Lian
Hb. Bidentis
Xian Feng Cao

Hesitant, painful urination.

Pain from trauma.

Enteritis and abdominal pain.

Hb. Pteris
Feng Wei Cao
Rx. Puerariae
Ge Gen
Rx. Scutellariae
Huang Qin
Rz. Coptidis
Huang Lian

Hb. Pteris
Feng Wei Cao
Fol. Nelumbinis
He Ye
Gypsum Fibrosum
Shi Gao
Rz. Anemarrhenae
Zhi Mu

 

Dysentery.

Summerheat stroke..

 

  1. This herb is said to treat skin eruptions and urinary tract infections.
  2. One source says it activates the Blood and acts as a sedative.
  3. One source says that this herb treats tidal fevers at midnight and noon, dizziness, aversion to Cold, aching in the limbs and trunk with an encumbered sensation, lack of taste for food and drink, progressive sores, continuous fever due to consumption,
  4. To facilitate urination, it should be taken with water buffalo meat.
  5. This herb may cause vomiting.