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Latin pharmacognostic name: Gelsemii Herba

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

Kingdom: Plant

Origin (other sources): Gelsemium elegans Benth.

Use: Medicinal

Category:

Properties: Acrid and bitter; warm; toxic.

Indications:

Dispels wind, attacks toxin, disperses swelling, and relieves pain.

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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