Common Carpesium
Herba Carpesii Abrotanoidis
Tian Ming Jing

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; cold

Part(s) used

Root, stem-leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat, transform phlegm, resolve toxin, kill worms, break stasis, stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Nipple moth, throat impediment, acute fright wind, chronic fright wind, toothache, swelling toxin of clove sore, hemorrhoids and fistulas, itchy papules, poisonous snake bite, worm accumulation, blood conglomeration, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, blood strangury, bleeding due to external injury.