dried Xia Ku Cao (Prunella Spike) dried chinese herb 16 oz(454 g.)
This drug is the spike or whole plant of the perennial herb, Prunella vulgaris L. (Family Labiaceae), grown in the regions throughout China, mainly produced when its spikes become withered, and dried in the sunlight.Properties: Bitterness and pungent in flavour, coldness in nature, it acts  liver and gallbladder  channels. Its bitter flavour and cold property clear the heat and fire, and the pungency resolves the hard lumps. The herb can  clear the excessive fire from liver and gallbladder to improve vision, and reduce the phlegm- fire stasis to remove scrofula. It is an important herb for treating conjunctival congestion, headache, and scrofula caused by phlegm-fire stasis. Effects: Clearing up liver-heart, purging fire, subduing swellings, and resolving hard lumps.