Lettuce Ulva Frond Equivalent Plant: Ulva Lactuca
Ulva Lactuca
Shi Chun

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Frond

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To disinhibit water and disperse edema, transform phlegm and soften hardness, clear heat and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Edema, goiter and carcinoma of neck, hypertension, laryngitis, sore and boil, acute enteritis, chronic enteritis, gan accumulation.