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Japanese Knotweed Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix

Dampness-draining and jaundice-relieving medicinesCold
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Traditional recorded function

Promote gallbladder function and relieve jaundice, Clear heat and detoxify, invigorate blood and remove stasis to relieve pain, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, purge heat and promote bowel movement

1. Damp-heat jaundice, strangury with turbid urine, and leukorrhea. 2. Carbuncles, sores, and toxic swellings; burns and scalds; venomous snake bites. 3. Blood stasis amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, traumatic injury, and abdominal masses. 4. Cough due to Lung heat.

Nature & taste

BitterCold

Meridians entered

LungGallbladderLiver

Herbal properties

Slightly coldReducingDescendingDispersingDrying

Found in these formulas

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