Zi[3] Cao[3] "Purple Herb" Rx. Lithospermi sue Arnebiae
Properties: sweet, cold
Channels: Liver, Heart
Functions: Cools blood, moves blood stasis, and releases
rashes for purple skin rash and measles
Cools blood and relieves
fire-toxicity for burn, diaper rash, blister, vaginitis, inflamed cervix
( apply to cervix), dry skin with itching and burning.
Dosage
in decoction:3-10g
External Use: Cook herb with sesame
oil or olive oil on low heat. Sesame oil is best because it has a cooling properties.
Alternatively soak herb in oil overnight. Put oil in fridge after
cooking for 1-2 days. This Oil is used commonly in the Chinese medicine
hospital for burns, blisters, and is the number one treatment for diaper
rash.
Caution and contraindication: Spleen Qi Deficiency
with coldness
Oozing rash
Distribution: Mongolia and Xin
Jiang (near Russia)
References:
1. Lecture and notes
from Pharmacopoeia III 1999. Dr. Li Jin, OMD. p. 55.
Chinese Pharmacopoeia Index