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Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Aristolochia manshuriensis Kom. [= Hocquartia manshuriensis (Kom.) Nakai] (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Hocquartia manshuriensis (Kom.) Nakai [= Aristolochia manshuriensis Kom.]; Aristolochia manshuriensis Kom.*

Use: Medicinal

Category: Water-disinhibiting dampness-percolating agents / Urine-disinhibiting strangury-freeing agents

Properties: Bitter; cold; toxic.

Channel entry: Heart, small intestine, and bladder channels.

Actions and indications:

• Clears heart fire, disinhibits urination, frees menstruation, and promotes lactation.
• It treats mouth and tongue sores, heart vexation and reddish urine, water swelling, heat strangury, white vaginal discharge, amenorrhea, scant breast milk, and damp-heat impediment (shī rè bì).

Dosage and method: Not safe for use.

Warnings: If it is used, do not exceed the stated dose or use for prolonged periods. It is contraindicated in pregnancy, the absence of damp-heat, in weak children and weak elderly patients, and in patients biomedically diagnosed as suffering from renal insufficiency. This medicinal is now banned in many countries, and its use is strongly discouraged because it contains the known nephrotoxin aristolochic acid.

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