Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/ba-dou/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/ba-dou/">Bencao Index</a> ba dou 巴豆 Fructus Crontonis Croton Seed hazu padu Harsh Expellants Lung Large Intestine Stomach Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.

Warms, unblocks and drastically purges Cold accumulation

Constipation with a full, distended and painful abdomen, from severe Cold building up internally, where a warm rather than a cold purgative is needed Food stagnation

Drives out water and reduces edema

Ascites in late-stage schistosomiasis Ascites and severe edema

Breaks up obstructing Phlegm and benefits the throat

Laboured breathing and wheezing, with marked fullness and distension of the chest and diaphragm Phlegm misting the orifices

Promotes healing of abscesses and ulcers and kills parasites (topical)

Abscesses that have formed pus but have not yet broken open Severe or chronic ulcers Furuncles and warts

Stops diarrhea

Diarrhea from Cold

Kills insects (topical)