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 Category  Hua Tan Zhi Ke Ping Chuan Yao
化痰止咳平喘藥
 Sub Category  Zhi Ke Ping Chuan
止咳平喘
 Name  Ma Dou Ling
馬兜鈴
Birthwort fruit
 Grown  North, south and central China.
 Source  Dried fruit of Aristolochia debilis SIEB. et ZUCC.
 Ingredients  Aristolochicacide, Magnoflorine, Aristolenone
 Pharma Effect  
 Properties  Bitter, slightly cold
 Channels  Lung, large intestine
 Function  Clears heat in lung, directs qi downward, calms wheezing, transforms phlegm and alleviates coughing.
 Clinic Usage  For coughing with sputum, wheezing, coughing with blood due to heat in lung and bleeding hemorrhoids.
 Cautions  
 Dosage  3~9g
 Storage  Store in a dry place.