Common Vetch
Vicia Sativa
Da Chao Cai

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; acrid; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb or seed

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To boost kidney, disinhibit water, relieve cough, stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Kidney vacuity lumbago, jaundice, edema, malaria, nosebleed(epistaxis), palpitation, emission, menstrual disorder, toxin swelling of sores.