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Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Bitter; cool; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Heart and small intestine channels.*

Actions and indications: Clears heat, disinhibits urine, and resolves toxin. Treats cough; vomiting of blood (blood ejection); dysentery; intestinal wind bleeding; strangury; toxin swelling of welling- and flat-abscesses (yōng jū); eczema.

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