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Salicis Semen Pilifer

Downy willow seed

柳絮 〔柳絮〕 liǔ xù

Alternate English names: downy weeping willow seed

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Salix babylonica L.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Cool*.

Actions and indications: Stanches bleeding, dispels dampness, opens welling-abscesses. Treats vomiting of blood (blood ejection); damp impediment (shī bì); hypertonicity of the limbs; knees pain; pain and swelling of welling- and flat-abscesses (yōng jū) that fail to burst; bleeding from external injury.

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