Common Rabdosia
Herba Rabdosiae Amethystoidis
Xiang Cha Cai

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; bitter; cool

Part(s) used

Aerial parts or root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Aerial parts: to clear heat and disinhibit damp, quicken blood and dissipate stasis, resolve toxin and disperse swelling; Root: to clear heat and resolve toxin, dispel stasis and relieve pain.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Aerial parts: damp-heat jaundice, strangury, edema, swelling pain in throat, impediment pain in joints, menstrual block, mammary welling abscess, hemorrhoids, effusion of back, knocks and falls, poisonous snake bite; Root: poisonous snake bites, swelling toxin of sore and boil, aching sinews and bones, knocks and falls, burns and scalds.