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Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Mahonia gracilipes (Oliv.) Fedde; Mahonia ganpinensis (Lévl.) Fedde; Mahonia fortunei (Lindl.) Fedde

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Bitter^✽; cool.^✽

Actions and indications: Clears heat, disinhibits dampness, disperses swelling, and resolves toxin. Treats jaundice; heat dysentery; strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); painful red swollen eyes; steaming bone taxation heat effusion; dizziness; tinnitus; wind-damp impediment (fēng shī bì) pain; toxin swelling of welling-abscesses (yōng) and sores.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (15–18g). Topical: Apply crushed.

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