Pratia, Tong Chui Yu Dai Cao 铜锤玉带草 Pratia Tong Chiu Yu Dai Cao (TCM)

Pratia nummularia
Lindley, J., Edwards’s Botanical Register (1830)

Pratia nummularia
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Botanical name:

Pratia nummularia (syn. P. beonifolia, P. zeylanica, Lobelia nummularia)

Parts used:

Whole herb

Temperature & Taste:

Neutral. Pungent, Sweet, Bitter

Uses:

1. Clears Wind and Damp:
-Wind-Damp Rheumatic Pain

2. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:
-Irregular Menstruation
-Trauma, Bruising, Traumatic Bleeding (internally and topically)

3. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Toxic Sores, Abscesses and Swellings, Breast Abscess
-Lung Heat Cough
-Red, painful, swollen eyes
-Poison

4. Benefits Qi:
-fatigue, weakness (mild effect)

Dose:

Decoction: 30–60 grams
It can be beaten and applied topically as a paste.

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:

Cautions:

Not used during Pregnancy.

Main Preparations used: