top of page
荆芥.jpg

Schizopeneta   荆芥

Schizopeneta (Schizonepeta tenuifolia) is a plant from family Labiatae. The dried above-ground part of the plant is used in TCM.

Taste, Characteristic, and Meridian

Pungent, slightly warm. Returns to the lung and liver
meridians.

Value in Traditional Chinese Medicine
 

Promotes sweating, disperses wind, detoxifies skin rash, removes abscesses.
It is used for treating cold, headache, measles, rubella, and the first signs of abscesses.

bottom of page