Hanliancao (herba Ecliptae)

The source is form the herb of Eclipta prostrata L., family Compositae. The medicinal
material is mainly produced in all parts of China. The whole herb is pulled out in summer and
autumn and cleaned. The fresh can be used or dried in the sun, and then cut into segments.
Medicinal properties
Sweet and sour in flavor cold in nature and attributive to the liver and kidney meridians.
Actions
Nourish liver-yin and kidney-yin, cool the blood and arrest bleeding
Application
1. For deficiency of liver-yin and kidney-yin manifested as dizziness, premature
whitening of hair, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, seminal emission and
tinnitus, it is usually combined with Nuzhenzi (Fructus Ligustri Lucidi),such as Erzhi
Wan (pill)
2. For yin deficiency and blood-heat manifested as hemoptysis, epistaxis, hemafecia,
hematuria and metrorrhagia, it can be used alone or also usually combined with
Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmannia), Erjiao (Colla Corri Asini), Puhuang (pollen
Typhae) and others tha can noisten yin, cool the blood and arrest bleeding, so as to
strengthen therapiutic effects. It is also used externally to treat bleeding due to wound.
Usage and dosage
10-15 g is used in decoction fo oral use, the fresh should be doubled in amount. Just right
amount is used externally and pounded for application.