Dian Di Mei
StarAndrosace umbellata (Lour.) Merr.
Synonyms: Drosace umbellata Lour., Androsace saxifragifolia Bunge
☯ TCM Properties
Clears Heat, removes toxicity, resolve swelling, Clears the chest and throat and alleviates pain
Traditional Chinese Uses
Dian Di Mei is the whole herb of Androsace umbellata (Herba Androsaces Umbellatae), the umbellate rock-jasmine. Bitter and pungent with a cold nature, entering the Lung, Liver and Spleen channels, it clears Heat and resolves toxicity, reduces swelling, benefits the chest and throat, and alleviates pain. It is used for sore and swollen throat, mouth ulcers (aphtha) and toothache, sores and boils, acute conjunctivitis, headache, rheumatic joint pain, cough and asthma, cloudy painful urination, and topically for traumatic injury, burns and snakebite. It is typically decocted (about 9–15 g) or powdered.
Botanical Description
Dian Di Mei (点地梅) is the whole herb of Androsace umbellata (Lour.) Merr. (Primulaceae), a small overwintering annual forming a flat basal rosette. The many long-stalked leaves are rounded to broadly ovate, 0.5-2 cm across, with shallowly toothed margins and fine white hairs. In spring several slender, leafless scapes rise 3-15 cm and carry an umbel of small white, five-lobed flowers with a yellow eye, followed by tiny globose capsules. It grows in open grassland, roadsides and moist meadows throughout China and much of East and Southeast Asia. The plant is collected in spring and summer and used to clear heat, relieve toxicity, reduce swelling, and ease sore throat and pain.
Open grassy slopes, meadows, roadsides and moist waste ground from lowlands to montane elevations.
Dosage
| Form | Amount | Frequency | Duration | Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decoction | 6-15g | Daily | — | — | — |
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