Sisal Hemp-Plant
Agave Sisalana
Jian Ma

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; acrid; cool

Part(s) used

Leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To cool blood and stanch bleeding, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Tuberculosis and hemoptysis, spontaneous external bleeding, hematochezia, dysentery, welling abscess, hemorrhoids.