Straw Mushroom
Fructificatio Volvarellae Volaceae
Cao Gu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; cold

Part(s) used

Sporocarp

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and resolve summerheat, supplement qi and blood, lower blood pressure.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Summerheat-heat vexation and thirst, vacuity and hypodynamia, hypertension.