Caudate Sweetleaf Leaf
Symplocos Caudata
Shan Fan Ye

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sour; astringent; slightly sweet; neutral

Part(s) used

Leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and promote contraction.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Tuberculosis and hemoptysis, hematochezia, chronic dysentery, acute tonsillitis, acute otitis media, wind eye with ulceration of eyelid rim.