Prickly Pear
Opuntia Ficus-Indica
Li Guo Xian Ren Zhang

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; cold

Part(s) used

Root and stem

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear lung and relieve cough, cool blood and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Lung heat cough, tuberculosis and hemoptysis, dysentery, bleeding from hemorrhoids, mammary welling abscess, epidemic parotitis, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, burns and scalds, bald sores, scab and lichen, snake or insect bites.