Pubescent Holly Equivalent Plant: Ilex Pubescens Var Glaber
Ilex Pubescens
Mao Dong Qing

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; astringent; cool

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and resolve toxin, quicken blood and free network vessels.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, cerebral thrombosis, thrombophlebitis, thromboangiitis obliterans (buerger’s disease), central retinitis, central angiospastic retinitis, wind-heat common cold, lung heat cough asthma, sore pharynx, nipple moth, gum swelling and pain, chest impediment and heart pain, wind stroke with hemiplegia, erysipelas, burns and scalds, welling abscess and flat abscess.