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Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Vigna umbellata Ohwi et Ohashi [= Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb.]; Vigna angularis Ohwi et Ohashi [= Phaseolus angularis Wight]

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid*; balanced*; nontoxic*.

Actions and indications: Clears heat, allays thirst, resolves toxin, and dispels drunkenness. Treats malarial disease and dysentery; dispersion-thirst (xiāo kě); headache due to liquor damage (over-drinking); bleeding from hemorrhoids and fistulas; cinnabar toxin; clove sores (dīng).

See: Chì xiǎo dòu (赤小豆 Vignae Semen, rice bean)

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