-- Acupuncture -- -- Moxibustion -- Shiatsu Massage -- Esthetics -- ChiropracticCentipeda
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Botanical name |
Centipeda minima |
| Pin yin name | E Bu Shi Cao | |
| Pin yin description | This herb is named for its strong odor; it is said that even a goose (e), which forages on just about anything, will not (bu) eat (shi) this weed (cao) | |
| Other common names | Spreading Sneezeweed | |
| Part used | Aerial part | |
| Taste | Pungent | |
| Nature | Warm | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Resolve the exterior and dispel wind-cold, transform phlegm, remove damp, clarify vision | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Stuffy nose, sinusitis, common cold, and cough; sore throat; conjunctivitis and corneal opacity | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None noted | |
| Herb drug interactions | None reported | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Yin deficiency with heat | |
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