Chinese Siphonostegia
Siphonostegia Chinensis
Yin Xing Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; warm

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, quicken blood and dispel stasis.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Jaundice, inhibited urination, abdominal distention with edema, stasis pain from knocks and falls, blood dysentery, blood strangury, vaginal discharge, menstrual disorder, concretion conglomeration accumulation and gathering, postpartum abdomin al pain.