As an anti-inflammatory, expectorant, pus drainer, blood activator and insecticide, it is applied to boils like abscesses or boils, scrofula, retained placenta, and lactation failure.
Medical system
Traditional Chinese medicine
Drug effect in traditional medicine
Traditional classification
Expectorants
Beneficial effect
[Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent.
[Meridian Tropism] Liver and stomach meridians.
[Actions] To disperse swelling, expel toxin, expel pus, and kill worms.
[Indications] Abscesses, cellulitis, initial stage or matured without diabrosis.
Topical application for scabies, tinea, and leprosy.
Chemical constituent
Tannins (*C1):
タンニン(樹皮/ bark)
Alkaloids (*C1):
Triacanthine(樹皮/ bark)
Pharmacological effect
Unknown. Clinically, it has been reported to be effective in acute tonsillitis.