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Name (CN)	夏枯草 (Xià kū cǎo)
Synonyms (CN)	夏枯、夏枯球、枯草头、枯草穗、夕句、乃东、枯草、燕面、夏枯头、夏枯花、铁色草、麦夏枯、棒柱头花、灯笼头、棒槌草、锣锤草、牛牯草、广谷草、棒头柱、六月干、夏枯头、大头花、灯笼草、古牛草、牛佤头、丝线吊铜钟
Name (EN)	Common Selfheal Spike
Scientific name(s)	Prunellae Spica, Prunella Vulgaris
Used section	Dried cob
Taste	Spicy、Bitter
Channel Tropism	Induce in the liver and gall bladder meridians.
Cold/Hot properties	Cold
Group	Plant [Vegetables And Products]

Origin	This product is the dried fruiting spike of Prunella vulgaris L., family Labiatae.
Function and treatment	Clearing fire from the liver, brightening the eyes, dispersing nodules and subduing swelling. It is used for redness and swelling of the eyes, night pain of the eyes, headache and dizziness, scrofula, hard lumps, canker sores, breast fetishes and swelling and pain of the breasts.
Origin and best harvesting period	It is widely distributed throughout China, with Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Hunan provinces as the main production areas. It is harvested in summer when the fruit spikes are brownish red, removed from impurities and dried in the sun.

No.	Name(s)
COMP-001581	astragalin; kaempferol 3-o-glucoside; kaempferol-3-o-glucoside
COMP-001732	maslinic acid
COMP-001781	hyperin; hyperoside; quercetin-3-galactoside; quercetin-3-o-galactoside; quercetin 3-o-galactoside; quercetin 3-galactoside
COMP-001895	rosmarinic acid; labiatenic acid
COMP-001967	luteolin
COMP-001971	3-epioleanolic acid
COMP-002055	methyl oleanolate
COMP-002162	α-spinasterol; spinasterol; spinosterol; alpha-spinasterol; a-spinasterol
COMP-002787	daucosterin; daucosterol; β-sitosterol-β-d-glucoside; coriandrinol
COMP-003192	hexadecanal
COMP-003259	fenchone
COMP-003260	homoorientin; isoorientin; luteolin-6-c-glucoside
COMP-003261	arjunglucoside i
COMP-003262	3β-hydroxy-olean-12-en-28-al
COMP-003263	3β-hydroxy-urs-12-en-28-al
COMP-003264	methylbetulinate; betulinic acid methyl ester
COMP-003265	methyl 2α,3α-dihydroxyursa-12,2030. -dien-28-oate
COMP-003266	methyl 2α,3α-dihydroxyursa-12-en-28-oate
COMP-003267	methyl 3-epimaslinate
COMP-003268	methyl 2α-hydroxyursa-28-oate
COMP-003269	methyl (13s,14r)2α,3α,24-trihydroxy-13,14-cyclo-oleana-11-en-28-oate
COMP-003270	methyl (12r,13s)2α,3α,24-trihydroxy-12,13-cyclo-taraxer-14-en-28-oate
COMP-003271	methyl 2α,3α,24-trihydroxyoleana-11,13(18)-dien-28-oate
COMP-003272	methyl 2α,3α,23-trihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oate
COMP-003273	methyl 2α,3α,24-trihydroxyolean-12-en-28-oate