Officinal Asparagus
Radix Asparagi Officinalis
Xiao Bai Bu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; sweet; slightly acrid; warm

Part(s) used

Tuberoid

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To warm lung, suppress cough, kill worms.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-cold common cold, pertussis, tuberculosis, senile cough and asthma, scab and lichen.