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Latin pharmacognostic name: Cercis Cortex

Alternate English names: Chinese redbud bark

Kingdom: Plant

Origin (other sources): Cercis chinensis Bge.; Cercis yunnanensis Hu et Cheng

Use: Medicinal

Category:

Properties: Bitter; balanced.

Channel entry: Liver and spleen channels.*

Indications:

Quickens the blood and frees menstruation; disperses swelling and resolves toxin.

wind-cold-damp impediment (fēng hán shī bì); amenorrhea; blood qì pain; throat impediment (hóu bì); strangury; swollen welling-abscesses (yōng zhǒng); scab (jiè) and lichen (xiǎn); injury from knocks and falls; snake and insect bites.

Quality: Long pieces of thick hard bark are best.

Product Area: Cercis chinensis: Sìchuān, Hénán, Húnán, Húběi, Jiāngxī. Cercis yunnanensis grows in Yúnnán.

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