Hen’S Egg-Albumen
Ovum Gallus Domesticus Album
Ji Zi Bai

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; cool

Part(s) used

Egg white

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To moisten lung and disinhibit throat, clear heat and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Deep-lying heat sore pharynx, aphonia, red eyes, vexation and fullness, cough and counterflow, dysentery, jaundice, swelling toxin of sore and welling abscess, burns and scalds.