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Cuscutae Herba
Cuscuta
菟丝 〔菟絲〕 tù sī
Alternate English names: dodder Chinese dodder
Kingdom: Plant
Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Cuscuta chinensis Lam. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)
Origin in unofficial sources: Cuscuta chinensis Lam.; Cuscuta japonica Choisy
Use: Medicinal
Properties: Sweet and bitter; balanced; nontoxic.✽
Actions and indications: Clears heat, cools the blood, disinhibits water, and resolves toxin. Treats vomiting of blood (blood ejection), nosebleed (nǜ xuè), bloody stool, and flooding and spotting; strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); vaginal discharge; dysentery; jaundice;