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Alternate Chinese names: 草棉花子 cǎo mián huā zǐ

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Gossypium herbaceum L.; Gossypium arboreum L.; Gossypium hirsutum L.; Gossypium barbadense L.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid*; hot*; toxic*.

Actions and indications: Warms the kidney; stanches bleeding; promotes lactation. Treats impotence; sagging of one testicle; enuresis; bleeding hemorrhoids; prolapse of the rectum; flooding and spotting; vaginal discharge; breast milk stoppage.

Production area: Widely cultivated.

See: Mián huā zǐ (棉花子 Gossypii Semen, cotton seed)

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