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Latin pharmacognostic name: Leopardi Os

Kingdom: Animal

Origin (other sources): Panthera pardus L.; Neofelis nebulosa Griffith; Panthera uncia Schreber

Use: Medicinal

Category:

Properties: Acrid; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Liver and kidney channels.*

Indications:

Expels wind and relieves pain; strengthens sinew and bone.

sinew and bone pain; wind-cold-damp impediment (fēng hán shī bì); hypertonicity of the limbs; numbness and tingling of the limbs; aching pain of the lumbus and knees.

Quality: Thick, solid bones clean of flesh are the best.

Product Area: Mainly produced in Sìchuān, Yúnnán, Guìzhōu; also produced in Xīnjiāng, Gānsū, Húnán, Húběi, and ānhuī.

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