This unusual citrus is economically very important in China. It is cultivated intensively and used for many purposes, including tourism and religious offerings. The following paragraphs are straight from the website; the grammar is not corrected. Themedicinal value of the fingered citron is very great. The root, stem, leaf, flower and fruit can all be used as Chinese traditional medicine. It has a taste of pungent, bitter, sweet, mild, nonpoisonous; absorbed in the liver, spleen and stomach channels; and has the following medicinal effects: regulate the flow of vital energy and remove obstruction toil, help digestion, relieve cough and reduce sputum, smooth the liver and strengthen the spleen. It's recorded in the historical data that the root of the fingered citron can cure the aching and limp extremities of men; its flowers and fruits can be made tea which can calm one's anger; its fruits can cure the tummy bug, vomits, choke, high blood pressure, tracheitis, asthma, and so on. According to the"GuiJin "s" recordation, the fingered citron can cure the tympanites and tumefaction, the leucorrhea of women, can sober the drunkards up. It is the main material to confect the traditional patent medicine of the fingered citron.
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