Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

赤麻chì máChima

Urtica dioica · Plant

Urtica dioica
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Indications

Cautions

May increase bleeding risk; may interact with blood pressure, diabetes, and sedative medications; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

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

Flooding & SpottingHematocheziaHematuriaHemoptysisInnominate Toxin SwellingKnocks & FallsSoresSpontaneous External Bleeding

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Stinging Nettle does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Clear Heat & Resolve ToxinPromote Astriction & Stanch Bleeding

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