Chinese Desmos
Desmos Chinensis
Jia Ying Zhao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and disinhibit damp, transform stasis and relieve pain, fortify spleen and harmonize stomach, interrupt malaria and kill worms.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-damp impediment pain, edema, diarrhea, indigestion, distending pain in stomach duct, malaria, wind papules, knocks and falls, scab and lichen, foot rot.