Jamaica Falsevalerian
Stachytarpheta Jamaicensis
Jia Ma Bian

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Whole herb and root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Heat strangury, stone strangury, white turbidity, leukorrhea, wind-damp bone pain, acute conjunctivitis, pharyngolaryngitis, gingivitis, cholecystitis, welling abscess and boil, hemorrhoids, painful swelling from knocks and falls.