Rose Mallow
Urena Lobata
Di Tao Hua

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; acrid; cool

Part(s) used

Root or whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and disinhibit damp, quicken blood and disperse swelling, clear heat and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold, wind-damp impediment pain, dysentery, diarrhea, strangury syndrome, vaginal discharge, menstrual disorder, painful swelling from knocks and falls, throat impediment, mammary welling abscess, sore and boil, poisonous snake bite.