Alligator Alternanthera
Herba Altemantherae Philoxeroidis
Kong Xin Xian

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; sweet; cold

Part(s) used

Fresh aerial parts

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and cool blood, resolve toxin, disinhibit urine.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Viral infection, toxic hepatitis, icterohepatitis, epidemic hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, hemoptysis, hematuria, common cold with fever, hemorrhagic fever, measles papules, encephalitis of early stage, encephalitis b, jaundice, strangury-turbidity, epidemic parotitis, eczema, swollen welling abscess, sore and boil, poisonous snake bite.