Chinese Ivy Equivalent Plant: Hedera Rhombea
Caulis Seu Folum Hederae Sinensis
Chang Chun Teng

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; bitter; neutral

Part(s) used

Stem-leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and disinhibit damp, harmonize blood and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-damp impediment pain, paralysis, deviated eyes and mouth, spontaneous external bleeding, menstrual disorder, knocks and falls, swelling pain in throat, clove boil and swollen welling abscess, hepatitis, snake or insect bites.