Herba Ajugae
Ciliatae
Source
The
whole plant of Ajuga ciliata Bunge, family Labiatae.
Characteristics
A herb, about 20-30 cm high, covered by white down. Stem, stoloniform
somewhat square. Leaves opposite, obvate to spatulate, margin undulating
and roughly serrate, petioles with narrow wings. Cyclic cyme terminal.
Corolla bilabiate and blue purple. Bitter in taste, cold in nature, and
attributive to lung, liver and heart channels.
Indication
1. Clear lung-heat, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough: For cough of lung-heat
type with profuse, yellow and thick expectoration.
2. Clear away heat and toxic material, and relieve carbuncle: For 
carbundes,
pharyngitis, lung abscess, acute appendicitis, dysentery, etc.
3. Clear away heat to cool the blood: For hemoptysis due to lung-heat.
4. Lower blood pressure: For hypertension, especially those with hyperactivity
of liver-fire.
Pharmacological
Action
1. Antitussive and expectorant.
2. Its acid-alcoholic extract exerts an antiasthmatic effect on experimental
animals with asthma.
3. Its alcoholic extract inhibits the growth of Streptococcus and Straphylococcus
aureus in vitro.
Administration Decoction: 10-30g.