Beautiful Sweetgum Fruit is the dried ripe infructescenes of Liquidambar formosana Hance (Fam. Hamaelidaceae).

Action: To dispel wind and emove obstruction from the collaterals, to cause diuresis, and to stimulate menstrual discharge.

Indications: Arthralgia with numbness and muscular contracture; edema; lack of lactation; amenorrhea.