Air Potato

Special Precautions of Air Potato

The common toxic symptoms include gastrointestinal reactions like vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and others. And it may also cause some certain damage to the liver and kidney, or even blood clotting disorders. TCM wise, use it with caution in the cases of deficiency of spleen and stomach, hepatic insufficiency, and renal insufficiency.

Benefits and uses of Air Potato are

• It has a certain therapeutic effect on goiter caused by iodine deficiency in animals.
• Its decoction and alcohol extract inhibits isolated intestine, excites non-pregnant uterus, and stops bleeding.
• Water extract in vitro has different degrees of inhibition on a variety of pathogenic fungi.
• Its decoction and alcohol extract can directly inhibit cardiac muscle. And the latter showed stronger inhibition than the former.