Also called Nihucai, also known as Pigeonia. The whole plant can be used as medicine.

It tastes pungent; bitter; and it is cold in nature

The medicinal part is the whole plant or root of squid.

Functions and Indications: Clearing away heat and detoxifying; dispersing stagnation and reducing swelling. Mainly caused by hemorrhoids; carbuncles; mastitis; lymphadenitis; rubella; traumatic bleeding; fractures.