Bower Actinidia Root
Actinidia Arguta
Mi Hou Li Gen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bland; slightly astringent; neutral

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, dispel wind and eliminate impediment, resolve toxin and disperse swelling, stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Jaundice, indigestion, vomiting, wind-damp impediment pain, carcinoma in digestive tract, welling abscess and sores with sore and boil, knocks and falls, bleeding due to external injury, breast milk stoppage.