---
title: "Yi Mu Cao"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/632/yi-mu-cao"
---

 ![yi mu cao, leonuri herba.jpg](/u/yi-mu-cao-leonuri-herba-aewnja.jpg) 

# Yi Mu Cao

### Leonuri Herba

_acrid, bitter, slightly cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Circulate Blood**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Irregular menstruation
- Premenstrual cramps
- Abdominal masses
- Retained lochia
- Heavy menstruation
- Trauma
- Pain
- Edema
- Blood in urine
- Sores
- Abscesses
- Swellings
- Rashes

Yi Mu Cao is acrid to disperse and move the blood, bitter to drain
and detoxify, and slightly cold to treat heat patterns including
damp-heat. It enters the bladder, liver, and heart systems.

**Channels:** heart, liver, bladder

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Kidney related edema
- Infertility
- Dysmenorrhea
- Amenorrhea
- Painful urination
- Eczema
- High blood pressure
- Dysuria
- Antifungal

**Formulas:**
- Tian Ma Gou Teng Yin

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Yin Mu Cao to pregnant
patients or to patients with blood deficiency

**Zoo Image:** a roadrunner conductor gets people aboard the Menses Train with
stops at: Fertility Plains, Outhouse Town, and Toxic Mountain

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