Involucrate Balanophora
Balanophora Involucrata
Tong Qiao She Gu

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Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To moisten lung and relieve cough, move qi and fortify stomach, clear heat and disinhibit damp, cool blood and stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Lung heat cough, pain in stomach duct and abdomen, jaundice, swelling pain from hemorrhoids, knocks and falls, hemoptysis, menstrual disorder, flooding and spotting, bleeding due to external injury, dizziness, emission.