Woolly Birthwort (Aristolochia mollissima)

绵毛马兜铃mián máo mǎ dōu língMianmaomadouling

Aristolochia mollissima · Plant

Aristolochia, standing in for Aristolochia mollissima
This photo shows Aristolochia, not Aristolochia mollissima: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: שרה גולד, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

Contains aristolochic acid; nephrotoxic and carcinogenic.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Woolly Birthwort for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Bleeding Due To External InjuryHypertonicity Of Sinews & BonesMammary Welling AbscessIn Limbs NumbnessPainful Wound From Knocks & FallsIn Stomach Duct & Abdomen PainRelieve PainSuppurative InfectionWind-damp Impediment Pain

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Woolly Birthwort does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Dispel Wind & Eliminate DampQuicken Blood & Free Network Vessels

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