Chinese Elm Bark
Cortex Ulmi Parvifoliae
Lang Yu Pi

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; slightly bitter; cold

Part(s) used

Bark

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To disinhibit water and free strangury, eliminate welling abscess.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Hot stranguria; Inconvenience in urination; Swollen sores; Mammary carbuncle; Water and fire burns; Dysentery; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Hematuria; Hemorrhoids blood; Low back pain; Traumatic bleeding