Chinese Fevervine
Paederia Foetida
Ji Shi Teng

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; slightly bitter; calm

Part(s) used

Whole herb and root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Dispel wind and eliminate dampnessdisperse food and transform accumulationsresolve toxin and disperse swellingquicken the blood and relieve pain

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-damp pain, diarrhea, dysentery, pain in stomach duct and abdomen, qi vacuity edema, heavy head and low food intake, liver spleen enlargement, scrofula, intestinal welling abscess, innominate toxin swelling, knocks and falls.