Medicil Evodia Fruit, Medicinal Euodia Fruit
Euodiae Fructus, Fructus Evodiae
Wu Zhu Yu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; bitter; hot; slightly toxic

Part(s) used

Fruit

Potential toxicity/side effects

Slightly toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. to dispel cold and stop pain; 2. to pacify the liver and direct rebellious qi downward; 3. to stop vomiting

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Dysentery, cold pain in stomach duct and abdomen, reverting yin headache, mounting qi , dysmenorrhea, beriberi with edema, hyperchlorhydria, cold-damp diarrhea.