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Alternate English names: old man’s beard

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Usnea longissima Ach.; Usnea diffracta Vain.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet and bitter; balanced; nontoxic.^✽

Actions and indications: Clears the liver, transforms phlegm, stanches bleeding, and resolves toxin. Treats headache; red eyes; cough with copious phlegm; malarial disease; scrofula; vaginal discharge; flooding and spotting; bleeding from external injury; swollen welling-abscesses (yōng zhǒng); venomous snake bites.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (6–9g). Topical: Decoct as a wash.

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