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Alternate English names: blue spirea

Alternate Chinese names: 山薄荷 shān bò hé

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Caryopteris incana (Thunb.) Miq.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid^✽; warm^✽; nontoxic.^✽

Actions and indications: Dispels wind and eliminates dampness; relieves cough and disperses stasis. Treats heat effusion in common cold; wind-damp bone pain; whooping cough; chronic tracheitis; menstrual irregularities; flooding and spotting; vaginal discharge; postpartum stasis pain; injury from knocks and falls; itchy skin; eczema; swollen sores.

Production area: Shǎnxī (Shaanxi), Gānsū, Sìchuān, Húběi, Húnán, Zhèjiāng, Guǎngdōng, and Guǎngxī.

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