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Alternate English names: liquidamber sweet gum

Alternate Chinese names: 枫脂香 fēng zhī xiāng; 芸香膏 yún xiāng gāo; 白胶香 bái jiāo xiāng

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Liquidambar formosana Hance (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Liquidambar taiwaniana Hance [= L. formosana Hance]; Liquidambar formosana Hance*

Use: Medicinal

Category: Blood-quickening stasis-transforming agents / Blood-quickening pain-relieving agents

Properties: Acrid and bitter*; balanced*; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Spleen, lung, and liver channels.

Actions and indications:

• Quickens the blood and relieves pain: Wind-damp impediment (fēng shī bì) pain; injuries from knock and falls.
• Stanches bleeding: vomiting of blood (blood ejection); nosebleed; bleeding from external injury.
• Resolves toxin and engenders flesh: welling- and flat-abscesses and sores; scrofula.

Dosage and method: Oral: Use in pills and powders (3–6g); do not decoct. Topical: Grind to a powder and sprinkle on or apply mixed; can also be prepared as a paste.

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