Tangchuangaba

Last updated 2026-11-13 — Tanggute Horse Urine Puff, known in Tibetan as "Tangchuangaba." It is a plant of the Solanaceae family, a perennial herb covered all over with glandular hairs. The root is thick, fleshy, and stout. The stem is extremely short. The leaves are clustered in a rosette pattern, oblong to oblong-ovate in shape. Several yellow or light yellow flowers bloom in the leaf axils; the calyx is tubular-bell-shaped, and the corolla is tubular-funnel-shaped, covered with glandular hairs on the outside, the filaments are very short, and the anthers are oblong. The ovary has two chambers. The seeds are kidney-shaped, dark brown, slightly flattened. Tanggute Horse Urine Puff is a unique Tibetan medicinal herb from Qinghai. The entire plant is used in medicine and has analgesic and anti-swelling effects. It is used to treat boils, tumors, abscesses, diphtheria, abdominal pain, body aches, and skin diseases. However, it is toxic and should be used internally with caution.