Water Seedbox
Ludwigia Octovalvis
Mao Cao Long

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; slightly acrid; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with fever, child gan fever, swelling pain in throat, mough and tongue sores, hypertension, edema, damp-heat diarrhea dysentery, strangury with pain, white turbidity, vaginal discharge, mammary welling abscess, swelling toxin of clove sore, hemorrhoids, burns and scalds, poisonous snake bites.