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LOU LU

Names
Pharmaceutical: Radix Rhapontici seu Echinopsis
Botanical: Rhaponticum uniflorum (L.) DC., Echinops latifolius Tausch (Compositae)
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Description: Rhapontic Root.

Actions
Clears Heat; Expels toxins; Resolves abscesses; Resolves oedema; Promotes lactation; ...

Origin
Northeast China, Huabei, Xibei, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxu, Hubei.;

Preparation
The drug is collected in autumn. It is used by removing residual stems and fibrous roots, washing the roots clean, slicing them, and drying them in the sun.;

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