Castor

[ ] B M 's Pinyin name
[ alias ] red castor
[ source ] Ben Pinwei Euphorbiaceae ricinus seeds of Ricinus communis L. (see the castor ), roots and leaves are used as medicine. Summer and autumn mining root and leaves, respectively use fresh or dried.
Taste [ ]
Leaf: Gan, symplectic, flat. A small drug.
Root: pale, slightly hard, flat.
[ function ]
Both leaf: swelling, itching. Treatment of sores, fresh goods Daolan topical; cure eczema itching, washing water; and for destroying maggot, killing mosquito larvae.
Root: dispelling wind and activating blood, pain and sedation. For rheumatoid arthritis, tetanus, epilepsy, schizophrenia.
[ usage] root 1 ~ 2 two, decoct with water.
[ ]" from the compilation of Chinese herbal medicine"
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/