Gambier Gambirplant
Uncaria Gambir
Er Cha Gou Teng

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Dry decocted paste of branch-leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To contract damp and close sores, stanch bleeding and settle pain, clear heat and resolve phlegm.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Enduring sores, damp-sore with flowing water, gan of teeth and gum, mouth sore, hemoptysis, blood ejection, hematuria, hematochezia, flooding, bleeding due to external injury, hemorrhoids and swollen welling abscess, phlegm-heat cough.