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Alternate English names: Chinese honey locust seed

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Gleditsia sinensis Lam. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Gleditsia sinensis Lam.*; Gleditsia officinalis Hemsley

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid; warm; toxic.

Actions and indications: Moistens dryness and frees the stool; expels wind and disperses swellings. Treats dry, bound stool; intestinal wind bleeding; dysentery with abdominal urgency and rectal heaviness (tenesmus); mounting qì (shàn qì); scrofula; toxin swellings; sores and lichen (xiǎn).

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (4.5–9g) or use in pills or powders.

Warnings: Contraindicated in pregnancy.

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