Caudate Sweetleaf Root
Symplocos Caudata
Shan Fan Gen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; acrid; neutral

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, cool blood and stanch bleeding, dispel wind and relieve pain.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Jaundice, diarrhea, dysentery, flooding, wind-fire toothache, headache, wind-damp impediment pain.