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Alternate English names: Chinese lantern plant winter cherry

Kingdom: Plant

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

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sour and bitter; cold; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Lung and spleen channels.*

Actions and indications: Clears heat, resolves toxin, and disinhibits urine. Treats heat cough; painful pharynx; jaundice; dysentery; water swelling; clove sores (dīng); cinnabar toxin (erysipelas).

Production area: Most areas.

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