Schizonepeta (Jingjie)
Pharmaceutical Name: Herba seu Flos
Schizonepetae
Botanical Name: Schizonepeta
tenuifolia Briq. (Fam. Laminaceae)
Common Name: Schizonepeta, Fineleaf
schizonepeta herb.
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong
Bencao Jing.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The aerial part of the plant is gathered in autumn and
winter, dried in the shade and cut into pieces. It can be used raw or baked until
yellow and black in color.
Properties & Taste: Pungent and
warm.
Meridians: Lung and liver.
Functions: 1. To release the exterior
and expel wind; 2. To stop bleeding.
Indications & Combinations:
1. Wind-cold exterior syndrome manifested as
headache, chills, fever and absence of sweating. Schizonepeta (Jingjie) is
used with Ledebouriella root (Fangfeng) and Notopterygium root (Qianghuo).
2. Measles and skin eruption with itching.
Schizonepeta (Jingjie) is used with Mentha (Bohe), Cicada slough (Chantui) and
Arctium fruit (Niubangzi) to bring the rash to the surface and alleviate
itching.
3. Wind-heat exterior syndrome manifested as
fever, headache, sore throat and slight sweating or no sweating. Schizonepeta
(Jingjie) is used with Mentha (Bohe), Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao) and Platycodon
root (Jiegeng) in the formula Yin Qiao San.
4. Hemorrhagic diseases, such as epistaxis,
bloody stool and uterine bleeding. Carbonized Schizonepeta (Jingjie) is
used with the ohter herbs that stop bleeding.
Dosage: 3-10 g, decocted in water for internal use. For inducing diaphoresis,
it should be used unprepared. To arrest bleeding, it is stir-fried until
charred.
Cautions & Contraindications: To
stop bleeding, this herb should be carbonized (or baked until yellow and black
in color).
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