Botanical Name: Prunella vulgaris L.
Common Name: Prunella, Selfheal spike
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing
Part Used : The spikes are gathered
in summer and dried in the sun.
Properties & Taste: Bitter, pungent and cold
Meridians: Liver and gall bladder
Functions:
1. To clear the fire in the liver;
2.
To dissipate accumulation
of nodules
Indications & Combinations:
1. Flaring up of liver fire manifested as red, painful, swollen and watery
eyes, headache and dizziness.
2. Accumulation of phlegm-fire manifested as scrofula, lipoma, swollen
glands or goiter.
Dosage: 10-15 g
Cautions & Contraindications: This herb should be used with caution in cases
with a weak stomach and spleen.
25 fresh seeds $3.50