Chinese Iris Equivalent Plant: Iris Halophila
Semen Iridis
Ma Lin Zi

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; neutral

Part(s) used

Seed

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and dispel damp, resolve toxin and kill worms, stanch bleeding and settle pain.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Jaundice, strangury-turbidity, inhibited urination [=dysuria], intestinal welling abscess, worm accumulation, malaria, wind-damp pain, throat impediment, toothache, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hematochezia, flooding and spotting [=metrorrhagia and metrostaxis], swelling of sores, scrofula, mounting qi [=hernia], hemorrhoids, scalds, snake bite.