Common Buckwheat
Fagopyrum Esculentum
Qiao Mai

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; cool

Part(s) used

Seed

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To fortify spleen and disperse accumulation, precipitate qi and loosen intestines, resolve toxin and close sores.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Gastrointestinal accumulation, diarrhea, dysentery, intestine gripping sand, white turbidity, vaginal discharge, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, zoster, erysipelas, effusion of back from welling abscess and flat abscess, scrofula, burns and scalds.