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Croton Fruit

Croton Fruit. Class: Offensive Purgative Medicinal. Properties: Pungent; Hot; Extremely Poisonous. Meridians: Stomach; Large Intestine

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Ba Dou
中文名 (Chinese)
巴豆
Latin Name
Crotonis Fructus; Fructus Crotonis
English Name
Croton Fruit
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (ζ€§ε‘³)
Pungent; Hot; Extremely Poisonous
Meridians (归经)
Stomach; Large Intestine
Part Used
Seed
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Offensive Purgative Medicinal
εŠŸζ•ˆεˆ†η±» (CN)
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🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (εŠŸθƒ½)
1. to drain accumulated cold downward; 2. to transform water and reduce edema; 3. to resolve phlegm and benefit throat
Indication (δΈ»ζ²»)
Distention fullness and sudden pain in chest and a bdomen, fecal stoppage, diarrhea and dysentery, edema and enlarged abdomen, phlegm-rheum asthma fullness, throat wind, throat impediment, concretion and conglomeration, welling abscess and flat abscess, malign sore and scab lichen.
Toxicity
Extremely toxic
πŸ”— External References
SymMap
6
TCMID
2030
TCMSP
6
TCM-ID
28