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Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Cypripedium japonicum Thunb. [= C. formosanum Hay.]

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Astringent and acrid; balanced; toxic.

Actions and indications: Dispels wind and resolves toxin; rectifies qì and settles pain; regulates menstruation and quickens the blood; interrupts malaria. Treats itchy skin; innominate toxin swellings (wú míng zhǒng dú); tertian malarial disease; menstrual irregularities; taxation damage.

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