Chinese Privet
Ligustrum Sinense
Xiao La

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Bark and branch-leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with fever, lung heat cough, sore swollen throat, mough and tongue sores, damp-heat jaundice, dysentery, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, eczema, dermatitis, knocks and falls, scalds.