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Ficus Carica
Wu Hua Guo

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; cool

Part(s) used

Fruit

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and engender liquid, fortify spleen and promote digestion, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Swelling pain in throat, dry cough with hoarseness, scant breast milk, intestinal heat and constipation, inappetence, indigestion, diarrhea, dysentery, swollen welling abscess, lichen.