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Berberidis Dasystachyae Cortex Caulis

Tangut barberry bark

黄刺皮 〔黃刺皮〕 huáng cì pí

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Berberis dasystachya Maxim.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Bitter; cold.

Actions and indications: Clears heat and dries dampness; drains fire and resolves toxin. Treats heat dysentery with bloody stool; damp-heat jaundice; painful swelling of the lower extremities; tidal heat effusion and night sweating; wind-fire eye (fēng huǒ yǎn) pain; oral putrescence; mastitis; welling-abscesses (yōng) and sores.

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