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    Heat-Clearing, Blood-Cooling & Nephritis Hematuria-Resolving Sovereign (清热解毒 / 利湿消肿活血止痛凉血截血散瘀退翳 — 肾炎血尿与病毒性咽痛第一小爵床 / 止血截血神草)

    爵床 / 小青草 / 麦穗红 / 鼠尾红 / 截血膏 — Rostellularia procumbens (L.) Nees (syn. Justicia procumbens)

    Pinyin: Juéchuáng / Xiǎoqīngcǎo / Màisuìhóng · Malay: Ketumpangan Rumput / Keremak Rumput / Rumput Keremak · Family: Acanthaceae (爵床科)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Cold to Cool (微寒 / 凉)

    Flavor

    Bitter, acrid, bland, slightly salty (苦、辛、微咸、微凉)

    Meridians

    Liver (肝), Lung (肺), Kidney (肾), Urinary Bladder (膀胱)

    Traditional Edict

    Water Willow (Ketumpangan Rumput / Jue Chuang / Mai Sui Hong). Prostrate stems with fuzzy red wheat-like spikes. Sovereign Blood-Stopping Plaster (Jie Xue Gao): clears acute nephritis hematuria, proteinuria, stops bleeding, cures viral sore throat.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Harvest during full blooming when justicidin lignans peak. High clinical and pediatric safety profile. Contraindicated in severe Spleen deficiency cold watery diarrhea without heat signs.

    Clinical Applications

    • Acute and chronic glomerulonephritis (suppressing mesangial proliferation, proteinuria, and hematuria), viral pharyngitis (Herpes simplex, VSV inhibition), and bacillary dysentery.

    Quality Markers

    Justicidin A, B, C, D, E (Arylnaphthalide Lignans) >= 1.00%-2.20% & Neojusticin A (HPLC ChP standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Justicidin B blocks PDGF-induced glomerular mesangial cell proliferation, repairing slit diaphragms and clearing hematuria. 2. Justicidin A halts viral macromolecular replication. 3. Neojusticins promote platelet hemostasis.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE SOVEREIGN ROSTELLULARIA NEPHRITIS DECOCTION: 15 to 30 g dried herb boiled with Imperata cylindrica (Bai Mao Gen) and Plantago in 600 mL water for 20 min; taken warm twice daily for hematuria and nephritis. Pharyngitis tea: 15 g. Topical poultice: 30 g.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Glomerulonephritis Hematuria Quadriad with Imperata cylindrica (Bai Mao Gen) and Yi Mu Cao. 2. Acute Tonsillitis Draught with Isatis indigotica (Da Qing Ye).

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