Beautiful Sweetgum Fruit, Fruit of Beautiful Sweetgum
Liquidambaris Fructus, Fructus Liquidambaris
Lu Lu Tong

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; calm

Part(s) used

Inflorescence

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and remove obstruction from the collaterals, to cause diuresis, and to stimulate menstrual discharge.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-damp impediment pain, numbness in limbs, hypertonicity of limbs, pain in stomach duct and abdomen, amenorrhea, galactostasis, edema distention fullness, eczema.