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Latin pharmacognostic name: Erodii seu Geranii Herba

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Erodium stephanianum Willd.; Geranium wilfordii Maxim.; Geranium carolianum L.

Origin (other sources): Erodium stephanianum Willd.*; Geranium wilfordii Maxim.*; Geranium nepalense Sweet; Geranium sibiricum L.; Geranium carolianum L.; Geranium dahuricum DC.; Geranium dahuricum DC. var. alpinum Bar. et Skv.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Wind-damp–dispelling agents / Wind-damp-heat–dispelling agents

Properties: Acrid, bitter; balanced.

Channel entry: Liver and large intestine channels.

Indications:

• Dispels wind-damp and frees the channels and network vessels: Wind-damp impediment (bì) pain; painful injury from knocks and falls.
• Clear heat and resolves toxin; checks diarrhea and dysentery: Damp-heat diarrhea and dysentery; swollen welling-abscesses (yōng); sores.

  Dosage & Method: Oral: Decoct (10–30g); can also be steeped in wine or prepared as a paste.

  Product Area: Most parts of China.

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