Glutinous Rice Root
Radix Oryzae Glutinosae
Nuo Dao Gen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; calm

Part(s) used

Root and stem base

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of spontaneous perspiration due to deficiency of vital energy, night sweat due to yin-deficiency, or pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic hepatitis and neurasthenia with hectic fever of yin-deficiency type

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

1. antisudorific. 2. insecticidal. 3. stomachic