Oriental Bittersweet Root
Celastrus Orbiculatus
Nan She Teng Gen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; bitter; neutral

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and overcome damp, move qi and dissipate blood, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-damp impediment pain, painful swelling from knocks and falls, amenorrhea, headache, lumbago, mounting qi , dysentery, intestinal wind bleeding, swelling toxin of welling abscess and flat abscess, burns and scalds, poisonous snake bite.