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Alternate Chinese names: 蛳螺 shī luó

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Bellamya quadrata (Benson)

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet; cold.

Channel entry: Bladder channel.*

Actions and indications: Clears heat, disinhibits water, and brightens the eyes. Treats jaundice; water swelling; strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); dispersion-thirst (xiāo kě); dysentery; red eyes; eye screens; scrofula; hemorrhoids; toxin swellings.

See: Tián luó (田螺 Cipangopaludina , freshwater snail)

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