Narrowleaf Screwtree
Helicteres Angustifolia
Shan Zhi Ma

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Slightly toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and resolve exterior, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with fever, headache, thirst, epidemic parotitis, measles papules, dysentery, enteritis, swollen welling abscess, scrofula, sore toxin, eczema, hemorrhoids.