TETRAPANAX PAPYRIFERA, PITH

TETRAPANAX PAPYRIFERA, PITH

tong cao

Chinese Name: 通草

TCM: Listed under ‘Herbs that drain Dampness’, sweet, bland, cool Tetrapanax papyrifera enters the Lung and Stomach channels. It promotes urination and clears Heat for Damp-Heat painful urinary dribbling, facilitates the fluid metabolism of the Lungs, promotes lactation by raising Stomach Qi.

General: Used in the treatment of gonorrhea, dysuria, edema, oliguria, hypogalactia.