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Topic: Houttuynia cordata

	Chinese Herbs in America \| One-Garden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The leaves of Houttuynia or Chameleon Plant, Houttuynia cordata, are the Chinese herb Yu-xing-cao.
		Houttuynia has quietly become a relatively common wet-soil-loving perennial ornamental in American gardens.
		Houttuynia occurs in moist, shaded lowlands from India, to China, plus Japan, Taiwan, and other Pacific islands.
	www.one-garden.org /features/herbsinamerica.htm (3729 words)

	Plants with Distinctive Foliage
		The Houttuynia æChameleon PlantÆ, Houttuynia cordata, is one of the most popular ground covers around.
		Houttuynia requires light shade and needs a consistently moist soil in a well-drained area.
		Use Houttuynia æChameleonsÆ as a ground cover, in rock gardens, with water plants or in scented gardens.
	www.taoherbfarm.com /herbs/resources/foliage.htm (7120 words)

	Chinese Medicinals
		A detoxicant can be used to treat "toxic conditions" such as external sores and ulcers or internal conditions characterized by fevers or inflammations, results of viral or bacterial infections.
		Well-known Chinese medicinals used for such conditions include honeysuckle flower, qingdai (natural indigo), houttuynia herb [Houttuynia cordata Thunb.], forsythia fruit [Forsythia suspensa, and andrographis herb [Andrographis paniculata (Burm.
		Most of these have been extensively studied chemically and pharmacologically Modern drugs such as indirubin for leukemia and andrographolides for various bacterial infections have been the results of these studies.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-499.html (6127 words)

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