Herba Elsholtziae
seu Moslae
Source
Herb of Elsholtzia splendens Nakai ex F. Maekawa and Mosla chinensis Maxim.,
family Labiatae.
Characteristics
E. splendens: Herb. Stem square. Leaves opposite, rectangle rounded 
lanceolate.
Pseudo-spike terminal, unilaterally oblique; bracts rounded, aristate.
The whole plant covered with pubescent. M chinenss: Leaves striped-lanceolate,
inflorescence not oblique; bracts not aristate. Both are acrid in taste,
slightly warm in nature, and attributive to lung and stomach channels.
Indication
1. Induce sweating to expel exogenous evils from the body surface, expel
summer-heat and eliminate dampness: For common cold in summer time and
summer heat-dampness syndrome with chilliness, fever, headache and anhidrosis,
or vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain, used together with Herba Agastachis,
Herba Eupatorli, Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis.
2.
Promote diuresis and relieve edema: For cases of edema and dysuria.
Pharmacological
Action
1. Its volatile oil causes dilation and congestion of renal blood vessels
and exerts a diuretic effect.
2. Expectorant.
3. Virostatic. Its decoction (1:20) inhibits the growth of ECHO11 virus.
Administration Decoction: 3-10g.