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Tung oil

桐油 〔桐油〕tóng yóu

Latin pharmacognostic name: Aleuritis Seminis Oleum

Kingdom: Plant

Origin (other sources): Aleurites fordii Hemsl.

Use: Medicinal

Category:

Properties: Sweet and acrid; cold; toxic.

Indications:

Used for mechanical ejection of wind phlegm.

scab (jiè) and lichen (xiǎn); shank sores; burns and scald; frostbite (apply topically).

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