Slanting-stem Toothache Grass (Swertia patens)

斜茎獐牙菜xié jīng zhāng yá càiXiejingzhangyacai

Swertia patens · Plant

Swertia, standing in for Swertia patens
This photo shows Swertia, not Swertia patens: 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 Slanting-stem Toothache Grass for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Child Gan AccumulationIndigestionInfant Common ColdSpasmodic Abdominal Pain

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Slanting-stem Toothache Grass does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Fortify Spleen & Disperse AccumulationWarm Center & Relieve Pain