Chinese Arborvitae Twig and Leaf, Leafy Twigs of Oriental Arborvitae
Platycladi Cacumen, Cacumen Platycladi
Ce Bai Ye

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; astringent; cold

Part(s) used

Leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To arrest bleeding by removing heat from blood, and to promote the growth of black hair.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Hemoptysis, duodenal bleeding, chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hematuria, hematochezia, blood dysentery, incessant flooding and spotting, cough with profuse phlegm, wind-damp impediment pain, erysipelas, epidemic parotitis, scalds, burns.