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Alternate English names: Chinese lantern plant calyx winter cherry calyx

Alternate Chinese names: 锦灯笼 jǐn dēng lóng

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Physalis alkekengi L. var. franchetii (Mast.) Mak.*

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sour; cold; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Liver and spleen channels.*

Actions and indications: Clears heat, resolves toxin, and disinhibits urine. Treats steaming bone taxation heat effusion; cough; painful swollen throat; jaundice; water swelling; heaven-borne blisters (pemphigus).

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