中醫上攞佢啲種子入藥，亦叫做土木鱉、殼木鱉，性溫、味苦微甘，有毒，功能消腫、攻毒，主治癰瘡、腫毒、痔瘡等症，多入丸散或外敷。
In traditional Chinese medicine, the seeds are used as medicine, also known as the earth wood turtle, shell wood turtle, the sex is warm, the taste is bitter and slightly sweet, toxic, the function is to reduce swelling, attack poison, the main treatment of sores, swelling and poison, hemorrhoids and other symptoms, more into the pill powder or external application.