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Alternate English names: sword-leaved cymbidium leaf

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Cymbidium ensifolium (L.) Sw.

Use: Medicinal

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

Channel entry: Heart, spleen, and lung channels.✽

Actions and indications: Clears heat, cools the blood, rectifies qì, and disinhibits dampness. Treats cough; pulmonary welling-abscesses (fèi yōng); vomiting of blood (blood ejection); expectoration of blood; white turbidity; vaginal discharge; sore-toxin; swollen clove sores (dīng).

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (15–30g) or grind to a powder. Topical: Apply crushed.

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