Epimedium Leaf, Epimrdii Herba
Herba Epimedii, Epimedii Folium
Yin Yang Huo

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; sweet; warm

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of impotence, seminal emission, weakness of the limbs, rheumatic or rheumatoid arthralgia with numbness and muscle contracture, climacteric hypertension.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

1. dilating coronary artery and increasing coronary flow.2. acting as androgenic hormone, such as increasing the weight of prostate, seminal vesicle and musculi levator ani in mice.3. enhancing lymphocyte-blastogenesis rate.