LV, GB (9-15g)
Did somebody say spike?! This is the story of the lady's volleyball game of a lifetime - Xia vs. Cao! These ladies are on fire, lets brighten our eyes this scorching summer day, cuz Xia's nodules have never looked better!
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English Name: prunella, flower (fruit-spike) of common selfheal |
Explanation of Key Words in this story... |
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| ladies are on fire... brighten our eyes | Clears LV fire... brightens the eyes |
| summer... nodules | clears heat and dissipates nodules |
Xia Cu Cao Actions and Indications
- Clears LV fire and brightens the eyes (Liver fire or LYR with red swollen painful eyes, photophobia, headache, dizziness; Liver yin deficiency with eye pain that worsens at night; modern use for hypertension, hepatitis, hepatomegaly)
- Clears heat and dissipates nodules (lumps or nodules due to phlegm fire in meridians: scrofula, goiter, swollen glands, fatty tumours, scrofula, lipoma, breast cysts)
- (note: lowers high blood pressure)
- (cc: SP or ST deficiency)
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Special Notes:
- Xia Ku Hua and Xia Ku Cao are often used interchangeably, however Xia Ku Cao is generally considered more potent and more desireable.
- For Liver yin deficiency with eye pain that worsens at night when combine Xia Ku Cao with yin nourishing herbs.
- Xia Ku Cao lowers blood pressure.
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