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Anemones Altaicae Rhizoma

Altai anemone root

九节菖蒲 〔九節菖蒲〕 jiǔ jié chāng pú

Alternate English names: Irkutsk anemone root

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Anemone altaica Fisch.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Acrid; warm; nontoxic*.

Actions and indications: Opens the orifices, sweeps phlegm, dispels wind, perfuses dampness, fortifies the stomach, resolves toxin. Treats clouded spirit and delirious speech; epilepsy in febrile disease; qì block deafness; profuse dreaming; forgetfulness; glomus in the chest; nausea and vomiting; wind-damp impediment (fēng shī bì) pain.

Notes: Used as a substitute for 石菖蒲.

See: Shí chāng pú (石菖蒲 Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma, acorus [root])

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