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Alternate Chinese names: 功劳叶 gōng láo yè

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Mahonia bealei (Fort.) Carr.; Mahonia fortunei (Lindl.) Fedde; Mahonia japonica (Thunb.) DC.; Mahonia calamicaulis Spare et Fisch.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing dampness-drying agents

Properties: Bitter*; cool*.

Channel entry: Liver, stomach, and large intestine channels.*

Actions and indications:

• Clears heat and dries dampness: diarrhea and dysentery; jaundice; sores and boils; damp sores (shī zhěn); painful red swollen eyes.
• Cools the blood and abates steaming bone tidal heat: pulmonary consumption; coughing of blood; vomiting of blood; steaming bone tidal heat effusion.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (6–9g) or use in pills and powders. Topical. Apply as a powder.

Production area: Mahonia fortunei: Sìchuān, Húběi, Zhèjiāng. Mahonia japonica: Southern and South-western China.

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