Viburnum is an alias for the Chinese herb Dazhao Cai, for which the side effects as well as contraindications are still unclear.
As a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, Dazhao Cai has high medicinal value and is the whole grass or seeds of Dazhao Cai, a leguminous plant. It is sweet, pungent and cold in nature, and belongs to the heart, liver and spleen meridians. It has the effects of benefiting the kidney, inducing diuresis, stopping bleeding and relieving cough.
It is used in the treatment of kidney deficiency and lumbago, spermatorrhea, jaundice, edema, malaria, epistaxis (nosebleed), palpitation, cough and phlegm, menstrual disorders, sores and poisons. Clinical side effects and contraindications of Dazhao Cai are not known.
Dazhao Cai can be taken internally as a decoction, stewed or externally pounded. It is important to use the large nest of vegetables under the guidance of a doctor, not blindly dispensing their own medicine. Allergic to the large nest of vegetables should be prohibited, if the discomfort should be timely medical treatment, so as not to delay the condition.