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Alternate Chinese names: 紫背天葵³ zǐ bèi tiān kuí

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Begonia fimbristipulata Hance

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet; cool; nontoxic*.

Actions and indications: Clears heat and cools the blood; quickens the blood and resolves toxin. Treats high fever due to summerheat-heat; lung heat cough; expectoration of blood; injury from knocks and falls; sprains; blood stasis pain; sore-toxin; scab (jiè) and lichen (xiǎn); burns.

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