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Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Changium smyrnioides Wolff*

Use: Medicinal

Category: Phlegm-transforming cough-relieving panting-calming agents / Cough-relieving panting-calming agents

Properties: Sweet and slightly bitter; cool.

Channel entry: Liver and lung channels.*

Actions and indications:

• Moistens the lung and transforms phlegm: Lung heat cough; vacuity heat phlegm cough.
• Nourishes and the stomach and harmonizes the center: Stomach heat damage to liquid.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (6–12g) or prepare as a paste.

Warnings: Unsuitable for spleen-stomach vacuity. This medicinal is highly moistening and has little qì-supplementing effect; hence it cannot be used as a substitute for 党参.

Quality: Best are thick heavy solid roots with smooth semitranslucent yellowish skin.

Production area: Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng, ānhuī, Jiāngxī, Húběi, Sìchuān.

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