Japanese Buttercup
Herba Ranunculi Japonici
Mao Gen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Cold; sweet

Part(s) used

Whole herb and root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To abate jaundice, settle asthma, interrupt malaria, settle pain, eliminate screen.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Malaria, jaundice, migraine, stomachache, pain in joints due to rheumatalgia, crane’s knee wind, swollen welling abscess, malign sore, scab and lichen, toothache, fire eye.