Shortleaf Kyllinga
Herba Kyllingae Brevifoliae
Shui Wu Gong

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Slightly acrid; neutral

Part(s) used

Whole herb with rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To course wind and resolve exterior, clear heat and disinhibit damp, quicken blood and resolve toxin.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with headache and fever, acute bronchitis, pertussis, malaria, jaundice, dysentery, chyluria, toxin swelling of sores, itchy skin, poisonous snake bite, knocks and falls, rheumatic arthritis.