Stonecrop Herb – 1 lb (454 g)

Stonecrop Herb, known in Chinese as 垂盆草 (Chuípéncǎo) and scientifically as Herba Sedi Sarmentosi, is a valued herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This TCM herb has been traditionally used to support natural wellness, maintain vitality, and encourage holistic balance. At TCMforyou.com, we provide premium-quality Stonecrop Herb carefully sourced to preserve its therapeutic properties.

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[Overview] This herb is also known as Ban Zhi Lian, Fo Zhi Jia, Gou Ya Ban Zhi, and Dou Ban Zi Cai. It is the whole herb of Sedumsarmentosum Bunge, a plant of the Crassulaceae family. It is distributed in some parts of southern China, mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and other regions. It is harvested in summer and autumn, impurities are removed when fresh, then dried or used fresh.
[Properties] Sweet and bland in taste, cold in nature. Enters the liver, gallbladder, and small intestine meridians.
[Actions] Clears heat and promotes urination, detoxifies and reduces swelling.
[Applications]
1. Used for damp-heat jaundice, turbid painful urination, diarrhea, and dysentery. For damp-heat jaundice, it is often combined with Yin Chen Hao and Ban Lan Gen. It is commonly used clinically to treat acute and chronic hepatitis. For damp-heat strangury with turbid and painful urine, it can be combined with Qu Mai, Che Qian Zi, and Mu Tong. For damp-heat diarrhea and dysentery, it is suitable to combine with Ma Chi Xian and Di Jin Cao.
2. Used for lung abscess, intestinal abscess, carbuncles and swelling due to toxins, and snake or insect bites. For lung abscess, it can be combined with Yu Xing Cao, Yi Yi Ren, and Dong Gua Ren; for intestinal abscess, combined with Hong Teng, Bai Jiang Cao, and Pu Gong Ying; for carbuncles and swelling due to toxins, taken internally with Ye Ju Hua, Zi Hua Di Ding, and Pu Gong Ying decocted together, externally applied fresh crushed herb to the affected area; for poisonous snake bites, the fresh juice can be taken alone or combined with Ban Zhi Lian and Ye Ju Hua decocted together, and fresh herb mashed and applied around the wound.
Additionally, the fresh juice of this herb applied externally can treat burns from water or fire; frequent gargling with the fresh juice can treat throat swelling and pain as well as oral ulcers.
[Dosage and Administration] Internal use: decoction, 10–30 g; fresh herb 30–60 g; can also be taken as juice. External use: appropriate amount, mashed and applied or juice applied topically.
[Cautions] Use with caution in those with spleen and stomach deficiency cold.
[Modern Research]
1. Chemical constituents: The whole herb contains racemic methyl isopelletierine, dihydroisopelletierine, 3-formyl-1,4-dihydroxy dihydropyran, N-methyl-2β-hydroxypropylpiperidine, sedumoside, β-sitosterol, mannitol, amino acids, glucose, fructose, and sedoheptulose.
2. Pharmacological effects: Herba Sedumsarmentosum has a significant protective effect against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury, increasing glucose-6-phosphatase and lactate dehydrogenase levels in hepatocytes, enhancing succinate dehydrogenase and ATPase activities in liver cells; its hepatoprotective effect may be related to these actions. Sedumoside has immunosuppressive effects similar to steroid hormones, causing peripheral T cells to migrate to bone marrow.
3. Clinical reports: For phlebitis and local redness, swelling, heat, and pain after intramuscular injection: fresh Herba Sedumsarmentosum is washed, drained, mashed, mixed with 3–4 ml of 70%–75% ethanol, applied to the affected area, covered with plastic film and bandaged; replaced after drying. Over 20 cases were treated, with redness, swelling, and pain disappearing after 1–3 applications. [Qinzhou Medicine, 1980, (1):55]