Gerbera
Herba Leibnitziae Anandriae
Da Ding Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Lung heat cough, damp-heat diarrhea dysentery, heat strangury, pain in joints due to rheumatalgia, swelling toxin of welling abscess and boil, ulcer of lower limb, snake or insect bites, bleeding due to external injury.