Shorttube Lycoris Equivalent Plant: Lycoris Chinensis
Bulbus Lycoridis Radiatae, Bulbus Lycoridis Chinensis
Shi Suan

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acrid; sweet; warm

Part(s) used

Bulb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel phlegm and promote vomiting, resolve toxin and dissipate binds.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Poliomyelitis, muscle weakness, rheumatic arthritis, pain in joints due to rheumatalgia, throat wind, nipple moth, swelling pain in throat, phlegm-drool and congesting lung, food poisoning, seeper in chest and abdomen, malign sore and swelling toxin, hemorrhoids and fistulas, knocks and falls, intractable lichen, burns and scalds, snake bite.