Yunnan Rabdosia
Rabdosia Yuennanensis
Bu Yu Hong

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Rhizome or whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and disinhibit damp, quicken blood and free menstruation, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold, wind-damp bone pain, hemiplegia, food accumulation, pain in stomach duct, dysentery, jaundice, dysmenorrhea, menstrual block, flooding and spotting [=metrorrhagia and metrostaxis], scrofula, syphilis, sores, measles papules, wind papules, scab and lai, knocks and falls, rabid dog bite, poisonous snake bites.