Shield Floatingheart
Herba Nymphoidis Peltati
Xing Cai

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; sweet; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To effuse sweat and outthrust papules, disinhibit urine and free strangury, clear heat and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Non-eruption of measles, edema, inhibited urination, heat strangury, toxin swelling of sores, poisonous snake bite.