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Alternate English names: japonica [flower]

Alternate Chinese names: 宝珠茶花 bǎo zhū chá huā

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Camellia japonica L.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet, bitter, and acrid; cool; nontoxic.^✽

Channel entry: Liver and lung channels.✽

Actions and indications: Cools the blood and stanches bleeding; disperses stasis and disperses swelling. Treats vomiting of blood (blood ejection); nosebleed (nǜ xuè); flooding; bloody stool; blood strangury; injury from knocks and falls; scalds. For bleeding, combine with gardenia and arborvitae leaf.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (4.5–9g) or take in powder form. Topical: Grind.

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