Pharmaceutical Name:

Herba Eupatorii

Botanical Name:

Eupatorium fortunei Turcz.

Common Name:

Eupatorium

Source of Earliest Record:

Shennong Bencao Jing

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:

The aerial parts of the plant are harvested either in summer or autumn, with autumn being preferable.  They are cut into pieces and dried in the sun.

Properties and Taste:

Pungent and neutral

Meridian:

Spleen and stomach

Functions:

To transform dampness
To release summer-heat

Indications and Combinations:

1.     Dampness blocking spleen and stomach manifested as epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness, nausea, vomiting and poor appetite.
*Use with Agastache (Huoxiang), Atractylodes rhizome (Cangzhu), Magnolia bark (Houpo) and Round cardamom seed (Baidoukou).

2.      Invasion by exogenous summer-heat and dampness or early stage of damp-heat febrile diseases manifested as stifling sensation in the chest, absence of hunger, low-grade fever and sallow complexion.
*Use with Agastache (Huoxiang), Sweet wormwood (Qinghao), Talc (Huashi) and Coix seed (Yiyiren).

Dosage:

5-10 g