Tung Oil (Aleurites fordii)

桐油tóng yóuTongyou

Aleurites fordii · Plant

Aleurites, standing in for Aleurites fordii
This photo shows Aleurites, not Aleurites fordii: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

Seeds highly toxic if ingested; external use only.

Indications

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

Burns & ScaldsContract Damp & Kill WormsCracking From FrostbiteScab & LichenShank Sore

TCM actions

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

Clear Heat & Resolve ToxinPromote Vomiting & Expel Phlegm Drool