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Alternate Chinese names: 金寄奴 jīn jì nú; 寄奴 jì nú; 刘寄奴草 liú jì nú cǎo

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Artemisia anomala S. Moore; Artemisia selengensis Turcz.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Blood-quickening stasis-transforming agents / Blood-quickening menses-regulating agents

Properties: Bitter; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Heart and spleen channels.

Actions and indications: Breaks blood and frees menstruation; dispels stasis and relieves pain; disperses food and transforms accumulations. Treats blood stasis amenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain; concretions and conglomerations; injury from knocks and falls; bleeding from incised wounds; food accumulations with abdominal pain.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (4.5–9); use in powder preparation. Topical: Sprinkle crushed or ground to a powder on the affected area.

Warnings: Contraindicated in qì-blood vacuity and spleen vacuity with diarrhea.

Quality: The best quality has green leaves and plentiful yellow inflorescences and has no signs of mold.

Production area: Héběi, Shāndōng, Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng, Jiāngxī.

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