Glossy privet is a plant. The ripe fruit is used to make medicine. Be careful not to confuse glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) with other species of privet such as Japanese privet, border privet, Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), common privet, golden privet, and others.

Glossy privet is used for promoting growth and darkening of hair, reducing facial dark spots, rapid heartbeat (palpitations), achy joints (rheumatism), swelling, tumors, dizziness (vertigo), common cold, congestion, Constipation, deafness, fever, Headache, liver disease (hepatitis), trouble sleeping (insomnia), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), promoting youthfulness, and extending lifespan. It is also used to induce sweating, as a tonic, for improving immune function, and for reducing the side effects of cancer treatment (chemotherapy). Glossy privet is also used for blurred vision, dizziness, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), and sore back and knees.

Modern researches have found that this superfood can also be used to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients. Specifically, the plant has the capacity to increase white blood cells to prevent bone marrow loss due to the radioactive therapies. It can also be used to induce sweating, which can improve the patient’s immune functions.

Glossy privet also has cardiotonic and diuretic effects. Its substance has an invigorating effect on the heart that increases the efficiency of contractions of the heart muscle. It can also promote the excretion of salt and water from the kidneys thereby increasing the volume of urine.