Grassleaf Sweetflag Rhizome
Rhizoma Acori Tatarinowii, Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma
Shi Chang Pu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; bitter; warm

Part(s) used

Rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To eliminate damp and phlegm, to improve appetite, and to restore consciousness and benefit the mentality.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Febrile diseases clouded spirit, phlegm reversal, amnesia, tinnitus, deafness, distending pain in stomach duct and abdomen, food-denying dysentery, wind-damp impediment pain, knocks and falls, scab and lichen with welling abscess and flat abscess.