Storax
Styrax
Su He Xiang

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; warm

Part(s) used

Balsam from trunk

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. to open the orifices and clear the mind; 2. to stop pain

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind stroke with phlegm reversal, sudden clouding collapse, cold pain in chest and abdomen, fright epilepsy, warm disease.