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Alternate English names: yangtao kiwi

Alternate Chinese names: 藤梨 téng lí; 绳梨 shéng lí; 毛梨 máo lí; 刺梨² cì lí; 狐狸桃 hú lí táo; 羊桃 yáng táo; 奇异 qí yì

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Actinidia chinensis Planch.

Use: Alimentary

Properties: Sweet and sour; cold; nontoxic.^✽

Channel entry: Kidney and stomach channels.✽

Actions and indications: Resolves heat, allays thirst, and frees strangury. Treats heat vexation; dispersion-thirst (xiāo kě); jaundice; stone strangury; hemorrhoids.

Notes: The kiwi fruit is a new cultivar of the original Chinese gooseberry.

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