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Chinese sweet gum 路路通
Chinese sweet gum is a tree from family Altingiaceae. The dried mature infructescences of this tree are used in TCM.
Taste, Characteristic, and Meridian
Bitter, even by nature. Returns to the liver and kidney meridians.
Value in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Removes the wind and activates meridians, induces diuresis, stimulates menstrual flow. It is used for treating arthritis, numbness and spasms, distension and pain,
lack of lactation, and amenorrhea.loss due to spleen deficiency.
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