Beautiful Sweetgum Leaf
Liquidambar Formosana
Feng Xiang Shu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To move qi and relieve pain, resolve toxin, stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Pain in stomach duct, abdominal pain due to summerheat damage, dysentery, diarrhea, swollen welling abscess and sores, eczema, blood ejection, hemoptysis, bleeding due to external injury.