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Nepetae Herba

Catnip

假荆芥 〔假荊芥〕 jiǎ jīng jiè

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Nepeta cataria L.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid; warm.

Actions and indications: Dispels wind and promotes sweating; resolves toxin, outthrusts papules, and stanches bleeding.* Treats headache in wind damage common cold; heat effusion with aversion to cold; painful swollen throat; conjunctivitis; measles failing to erupt. Char-fry for vomiting of blood (blood ejection); nosebleed (nǜ xuè); bloody stool.*

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