Garlic, Garlic Bulb
Bulbus Allii, Allii Sativi Bulbus
Da Suan

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; warm

Part(s) used

Bulb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Toxication reduction, anthelmintic, dampness removal, and itching control

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Cold pain in stomach duct and abdomen, diarrhea, dysentery, bacillary dysentery, amebic dysentery, tuberculosis, epidemic encephalitis, cholera, trichomoniasis, laryngeal carcinoma, pertussis, throat impediment, dry cough, common cold, malaria, edema, swelling toxin of welling abscess and boil, intestinal welling abscess, lichen sore, snake or insect bites, ancylostomiasis, oxyuria disease, taenia infection, vaginal discharge and pudendal itch, clavus.