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Alternate Chinese names: 真香 zhēn xiāng; 降香 jiàng xiāng; 降香片 jiàng xiāng piàn; 降真香 jiàng zhēn xiāng

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen; Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Blood-quickening stasis-transforming agents / Blood-quickening pain-relieving agents

Properties: Acrid; warm; nontoxic.^✽

Channel entry: Heart, liver, and spleen channels.

Actions and indications:

• Quickens the blood and dispels stasis; stanches bleeding and relieves pain: chest and rib-side pain; injury from knocks and falls; bleeding from incised wounds.
• Repels foulness, harmonizes the center, and checks vomiting: Internal obstruction by foul turbidity with retching and vomiting and abdominal pain.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (3–6g); take as a powder (1–2g). Topical: Apply ground to a powder.

Warnings: Unsuitable for frenetic movement of hot blood.

Production area: Guǎngdōng, Vietnam.

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