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Alternate Chinese names: 野葛 yě gé; 大茶药 dà chá yào

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Gelsemium elegans Benth.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid and bitter; warm; toxic.

Actions and indications: Dispels wind, attacks toxin, disperses swelling, and relieves pain. Treats scab (jiè) and lài; eczema; scrofula; swollen welling-abscesses (yōng zhǒng); clove sores (dīng); injury from knocks and falls; wind-damp impediment (fēng shī bì) pain; sciatica.

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