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Indian Quassiawood

Indian Quassiawood. Class: Heat-Clearing Medicinal. Properties: Bitter; Cold; Slightly Toxic. Meridians: Lung; Large Intestine

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Ku Mu
ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
่‹ฆๆœจ
Latin Name
Ramulus et Folium Picrasmae; Picrasmae Ramulus et Folium
English Name
Indian Quassiawood
Alias Names
้ป„ๆฅ็“ฃๆ ‘ๅฑฑ็†Š่ƒ†็†Š่ƒ†ๆ ‘่‹ฆ่ƒ†ๆ ‘้ป„ๆฅๆ ‘่‹ฆๅŠ›่Šฝ่ฟ›ๅฃ่‹ฆ้ป„ๆช€ๆœจ่‹ฆ็šฎๆ ‘่‡ญ่พฃๅญ่‹ฆๆ ‘้ฑผ่ƒ†ๆ ‘้’้ฑผ่ƒ†็‹—่ƒ†ๆœจ่‹ฆๆœจ้œœ่‹ฆ่ƒ†ๆœจ่ตถ็‹—ๆœจ่‹ฆๅผนๅญๅœŸ่‹ฆๆฅ้‡Žๆผ†ๆœจ็งคๆ†ๆ ‘้‡‘ๆกๅญ
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Bitter; Cold; Slightly Toxic
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Lung; Large Intestine
Part Used
Wood
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Heat-Clearing Medicinal
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
ๆธ…็ƒญ่ฏ
๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
To clear heat and resolve toxin, dry damp and kill worms.
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
Infection of upper respiratory tract, pneumonia, acute gastroenteritis, dysentery, sore and boil, scab and lichen, eczema, burns and scalds, infection of biliary tract, poisonous insect stings.
Toxicity
Slightly toxic
๐Ÿ”— External References
TCMID
7721
TCM-ID
1214