Common Four-O’Clock Root
Mirabilis Jalapa
Zi Mo Li Gen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; bland; minor cold

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, quicken blood and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Heat strangury, white turbidity, edema, red and white vaginal discharge, swelling pain in joints, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, mammary welling abscess, knocks and falls.