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Alternate English names: climbing fern root Japanese climbing fern root

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet and bland*; cold*.

Actions and indications: Clears heat and resolves toxin; disinhibits dampness and disperses swelling. Treats pneumonia; encaphilitis B; acute gastroenteritis; icteric hepatitis; damp-heat swelling; strangury.

Production area: Hénán, ānhuī, Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng, Fújiàn, Táiwān, Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Jiāngxī, Húnán, Húběi, Sìchuān, Guìzhōu, Yúnnán, Shǎnxī (Shaanxi).

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