Tall Gastrodia Tuber
Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Gastrodiae Rhizoma
Tian Ma

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; calm

Part(s) used

Stem and tuber

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To extinguish wind and check tetany, calm liver and subdue yang , dispel wind and free network vessels.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Convulsion, child convulsion, spasm in limbs, facial muscle spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, numbness in limbs, acute fright wind, chronic fright wind, tetanus, dizziness, headache, hemiplegia, hypertension, wind-damp impediment pain.