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Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Dioscorea cirrhosa Lour.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet and sour; balanced.

Actions and indications: Quickens the blood, stanches bleeding, rectifies qì, and relieves pain. Treats postpartum abdominal pain; menstrual irregularities; flooding and spotting; vomiting of blood (blood ejection) due to internal injury; wind-damp bone pain; dysentery; sores and boils; snake bites; bleeding from external injury.

Production area: Guìzhōu, Húnán, Yúnnán.

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