Drymaria diandra Bl.
Indigenous language name: bala a smel, bala: grass; smel: medicine
Other name used locally: Zhan li zi cao (sticky grass)
Diseases of the organs:
Mash tropical chickweed and to the juice that emerges add salt and ingest to treat colds. Tropical chickweed can relieve fever.
Tropical chickweed together with other herbs can be used to relieve fever (37oC).
Interview and specimen numbers: Yen 43095, 43419, 44093, 44263
Zhong Hua Ben Cao
Pharmacological properties: Tastes bitter, cool in nature; liver, stomach, and bladder meridians.
Functions and indications: Clears away heat and dampness, promotes blood circulation, and detoxifies. Mainly used to treat jaundice, edema, malaria, infantile convulsions, rheumatism, athlete’s foot, sores and boils, malnutrition and indigestion in children, and pterygium.
