Red Straight Swertia (Swertia erythrosticta)

红直獐牙菜hóng zhí zhāng yá càiHongzhizhangyacai

Swertia erythrosticta · Plant

Swertia, standing in for Swertia erythrosticta
This photo shows Swertia, not Swertia erythrosticta: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

Limited safety data; likely contains compounds similar to other Swertia species; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Red Straight Swertia for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

IctJaundice IcterusScab & LichenSore Swollen Throat& Toxin Of Sore & Welling Abscess SwellingSyphilisWind-heat Cough

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Red Straight Swertia does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Clear Heat & Resolve ToxinDisinhibit Damp & Abate JaundiceKill Worms