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Alternate English names: baishouwu [cynanchum tuber]

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Cynanchum bungei Decne.; Cynanchum auriculatum Royle ex Wight; Cynanchum wilfordi (Maxim.) Hemsl.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Bitter, sweet, and astringent^✽; slightly warm^✽; nontoxic.^✽

Actions and indications: Enriches and nourishes, strengthens and invigorates, supplements the blood; it can constrain essential qì and blacken the hair and beard.* Treats vacuity in enduring disease; anemia; premature graying; chronic wind impediment (fēng bì); limp aching lumbus and knees; neurasthenia sexualis; hemorrhoids; bleeding in the intestines; yīn vacuity; enduring malaria; ulcers. Used fresh for old-age constipation.*

Quality: Large plump farinaceous tubers that are white on the cross section are best.

Production area: Héběi, Shāndōng.

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