Sea Horse
Hippocampus
Hai Ma

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; salty; warm

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of impotence, enuresis, dyspnea in deficiency syndrome of the kidney, mass in the abdomen, traumatic injuries, external use for carbuncles and boils.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Exerting gonadotropic effect, ie., prolonging estruation and increasing the weight of ovary and uterus in female mice and that of prostate, seminal vesicl and musculi levator ani in male mice.