| BASIC INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Plant name in Latin: | Lemna minor |
| Herb name in Chinese: | 浮萍 |
| Herb name in Pinyin: | FU PING |
| Herb name in English: | Common Duckwood |
| HERB PROPERTIES | |
| Herb property: | Cold |
| Herb flavor: | Pungent |
| Herb meridian tropism: | Lung,Bladder |
| HERB DESCRIPTION | |
| Use part: | whole herb |
| Herb effect: | To effuse sweat and resolve exterior, outthrust papules and relieve itch, disinhibit water and disperse edema, clear heat and resolve toxin. |
| Herb indication: | Wind-heat exterior syndrome, non-eruption of measles, dormant papules with pruritus, edema, dribbling urinary block, sore and lichen, erysipelas, scalds. |
| CROSS REFERENCES | |
| TCMID id: | 3768 |
| HERB id: | HERB001758 |
| SymMap id: | SMHB00130 |