Pipewort Flower
Eriocauli Flos, Flos Eriocauli
Gu Jing Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; sweet; calm

Part(s) used

Flower head with peduncle

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To expel wind and heat and to clear the eye of corneal opacity.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Distended red eyes and screen, delacrimation and photophobia, night blindness, headache, deep-source nasal congestion, throat impediment, toothache, wind papule itching.