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马兜铃 = Horse Pocket Bell ("Bell of a horse's hat")
Ma Dou Ling
The Latin name for the plant is aristolochia debilis. In English, we call this herb Ma Dou Ling "Birthwort Fruit" as well as other names like Pelican Flower, Red River Snakeroot, Sangree Root, Sangrel, Serpentaria, Snakeroot, Snakeweed, Texas Snakeroot, Virginia Serpentary, Virginia Snakeroot. I get the feeling it is rather serpentine like. The herb is not in the Mayway kit because it is now considered to be obsolete due to the fact that it is toxic at large doses or if taken longterm. It contains aristolochic acid.
LU/LI (metal)
Slightly cold
Bitter
TOXIC / OBSOLETE
In the lungs it is best for REBELLIOUS QI and Lung heat - it will clear the lungs by transforming phlegm, stopping cough, calming wheezing due to lung heat.
In the large intestine channel, it clears and drains excess large intestine heat, reducing swelling and pain, traveling all the way through the LI to the anus where it will relieve pain due to heat. Since the plant is snakelike, you might think of it like a plumbing snake, traveling all the way through the LI, coming out the anus, removing heat and blockage.
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