Birdsfoot Trefoil
Lotus Corniculatus
Di Yang Que

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; slightly bitter; cool

Part(s) used

Aerial parts

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and resolve toxin, relieve cough and calm asthma, disinhibit damp and disperse glomus.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-heat cough, swelling pain in throat, glomus fullness, clove sore, innominate toxin swelling, eczema, dysentery, hematochezia from hemorrhoids.