Musk
Moschus
She Xiang

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; warm

Part(s) used

Dried secretion obtained from musk gland of musk deer

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To open orifices and arouse spirit, quicken blood and dissipate binds, disperse swelling and relieve pain.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Angina pectoris, cerebral thrombosis, vascular migraine, carcinoma, febrile diseases clouded spirit, wind stroke with phlegm reversal, qi depression and fulminant reversal, malignity stroke stupor, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, concretion conglomeration accumulation and gathering, sudden pain in heart and abdomen, knocks and falls, wound, impediment pain numbness, malign sore with welling abscess and flat abscess, throat impediment, mouth sore, gan of teeth and gum, otitis media.