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Previously Belamcanda chinensis
In Traditional Chinese Medicine the root of the leopard lily has been used as an antipyretic, expectorant, purgative, and stomachic. Externally, it has been used for boils, cancer, contusions and swellings. It has been used to treat rheumatism, goitre, dysmenorrhea and constipation. The rhizome has been used for asthma, breast cancer, dropsy, dysuria, gonorrhoea, hepatitis, laryngitis, malaria, splenomegaly, stomach ache and tonsillitis.
Duke, James A., Ayensu, Edward S. (1985). Medicinal Plants of China - two volumes. Reference Publications Inc. Michigan, USA p.363
Asia-Temperate, Russian Far East, Primorye
Asia-Temperate, China
Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia, Japan
Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia, Korea
Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia, Taiwan