Balsamiferous Blumea
Blumea Balsamifera
Ai Na Xiang

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; slightly bitter; warm

Part(s) used

Branchlet-leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and eliminate damp, warm center and check diarrhea, quicken blood and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-cold common cold, head wind headache, wind-damp impediment pain, cold-damp diarrhea and dysentery, taeniasis, poisonous snake bite, painful wound from knocks and falls, lichen sore.