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Alternate English names: cast-iron plant root

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Aspidistra elatior Bl.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid and slightly astringent^✽; warm^✽; nontoxic.^✽

Actions and indications: Quickens the blood and frees the network vessels; drains heat and disinhibits urine. Treats injury from knocks and falls; lumbar pain; amenorrhea with abdominal pain; headache; toothache; heat cough; summerheat damage; diarrhea; sand strangury.

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