Latin name： Desmos chinensis Lour.

Family： Annonaceae

Part Used： Leaves, root or branch bark

Properties： Taste pungent, warm in nature

Actions：Leaves: dispel wind and dampness, remove blood stasis and relieve pain, invigorate the spleen and stomach, eliminate malaria and kill insects; Root: dispelling wind and relieving pain, promoting qi and removing blood stasis, killing insects and relieving itching; Branch bark: relieves pain and kills insects.

Usage：Leaves: rheumatic arthralgia, edema, diarrhea, indigestion, epigastric distension and pain, malaria, rubella, bruises, scabies, foot rot; Root: rheumatic arthralgia, bruises, postpartum stasis and abdominal pain, indigestion, stomach pain and abdominal distension, scabies; Branch bark: rheumatic bone pain, scabies.