Eclipta
| Pinyin: han lian cao | Latin: yerba de tago |
Description:Eclipta is an annual herb that grows approximately two feet in height. It has a thin wooden stem with dark green leaves and small white flowers.
The leaves, flowers, and upper part of the stem are typically used medicinally.
Information:
Family:
Asteraceae
Asteraceae
Organ Meridian Systems:
Kidney, Liver
Kidney, Liver
Properties:
Sweet, Sour, Cool
Sweet, Sour, Cool
Traditional Medicinal Uses:
Eclipta grows abundantly in the tropics and is used with success in Ayurvedic medicine. In India the juice of the leaves is used for people with liver cirrhosis, hepatitis and infective hepatitis. In India the juice of the leaves is used for people with liver cirrhosis, hepatitis and infective hepatitis.*
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) eclipta has been used to treat yin deficiency with blood heat causing the chaotic circulation of blood and bleeding, as well as other symptoms of Liver and Kidney yin deficiencies. TCM practitioners have used this herb for hundreds of years by itself and in herbal combinations for conditions including: liver enlargement, hepatitis, jaundice, other ailments of the liver and gall bladder, as an antifungal.*
