Medicinals

māo zhǎo cǎo / 猫爪草 / 貓爪草 / cat's claw buttercup [root]

Latin pharmacognostic name: Ranunculi Ternati Radix

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Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: External medicine agents / Toxin-attacking, worm-killing, and itch-relieving agents

Properties: Sweet and acrid; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: liver and lung channels.*

Indications:

Resolves toxin; transforms phlegm and disperses binds.

scrofula; phlegm nodes; painful swollen throat; clove sores (dīng chuāng); malarial disease; snake bites; hemilateral headache; toothache.

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