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Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Amomum villosum Lour.; Amomum xanthioides Wall.; Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides T.L. Wu et Senjen; Amomum longiligulare T.L. Wu. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Amomum villosum Lour.*; Amomum xanthioides Wall.; Amomum xanthioides Wall.

Use: Medicinal

Actions and indications: Similar in action to 砂仁 but milder and with an additional ability to downbear lung qì and relieve cough panting.

See: Shā rén (砂仁 Amomi Fructus, amomum [fruit]); Chūn shā huā (春砂花 Amomi Xanthioidis Flos et Pedicellus, Yangchun amomum flower)

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