Horseweed Fleabane
Herba Conyzae Canadensis
Xiao Fei Peng

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Slightly bitter; acrid; cool

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, dissipate stasis and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Dysentery, enteritis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, knocks and falls, wind-damp bone pain, swelling pain of sore and boil, bleeding due to external injury, psoriasis.