Common Nandina Root
Nandina Domestica
Nan Tian Zhu Gen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; cold

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Slightly toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat, relieve cough, eliminate damp, resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Lung heat cough, damp-heat jaundice, diarrhea, wind-damp impediment pain, sore, scrofula.