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Hemerocallis Radix
Day lily root
萱草根 〔萱草根〕 xuān cǎo gēn
Kingdom: Plant
Origin in unofficial sources: Hemerocallis fulva L.; Hemerocallis flava L.; Hemerocallis minor Mill.; Hemerocallis middendorffii Trautv. et Mey.; Hemerocallis thunbergii Bak.; Hemerocallis citrina Baroni
Use: Medicinal
Properties: Sweet; cool; nontoxic.✽
Channel entry: Spleen and lung channels.✽
Actions and indications: Disinhibits water and cools the blood. Treats water swelling; inhibited urination; strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó); vaginal discharge; jaundice; nosebleed (nǜ xuè); bloody stool; flooding and spotting; mammary welling-abscesses (rǔ yōng).
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