Common Alstonia
Cortex Seu Ramulus et Folium Alstoniae Scholaris
Xiang Pi Mu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; cool

Part(s) used

Bark or leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and resolve toxin, relieve cough and dispel phlegm, stanch bleeding and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with fever, lung heat cough asthma, pertussis, icterohepatitis, stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea, malaria, swollen welling abscess and sores, painful swelling from knocks and falls, bleeding due to external injury.