Bitter Wood (Picrasma quassioides)

苦木kǔ mùKumu

Picrasma quassioides · Plant

Picrasma quassioides
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Indications

Cautions

Contains quassinoids; may cause digestive upset; avoid with stomach or intestinal ulcers; may lower blood sugar.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Bitter Wood for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Acute GastroenteritisBurns & ScaldsDry Damp & Kill WormsDysenteryEczemaInfection Of Biliary TractInfection Of Upper Respiratory TractPneumoniaPoisonous Insect StingsScab & LichenSore & Boil

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Bitter Wood does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Clear Heat & Resolve Toxin