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[English Name] Feather Cocksocmb Seed
[Chinese Name] 青葙子  
[Pinying Name] Qingxiangzi  
[Latin Name] Celosiae Argenteae Semen  
[Genera] Amarantaceae
[Efficacy] Antipyretic drug
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[Ecology]     It prefers warm and moist climate.There is no strict demand of soil, the fertilewell-drained sandy soil is optimum. It avoids water as taboos, low-lying land is unfavourable to growth.  
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Qingxiangzi (the seed of feather cockscomb)
Senile cataract: 20% decoction of qingxiangzi(the seed of feather cockscomb)to treat 40 cases senile cataract, the decoction was lead by ionic(3 times aweek, one week a course, observe 4 courses) and eye drops(4 times a day,7 daysa course, observe 4 course) respectively, results: iontophoresis treat 20 eyes,improved 18, uncured 2; eye drops treat 20 eyes, improved 17 , unhealed 3[1] .

 
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[Traditional usage] 1.Night blindness with nebula 2.Blurred vision 3.Acute conjunctivitis, reddish eyes with pain 4.Iridocyclitis (miosis )5.Vertigo and headache with blurred vision, pain on supra-orbit 6.Hypertension induced by hyperactivity of liver yang 7.Metrorrhagia 8.Profuse leucorrhea and menstruation  
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[1] Liu An, Cao Mingfang, Xu Zhaoyang. The clinical observation ofthe treatment of senile cataract by 20% decoction of qingxiangzi (the seeds offeather cockscomb). Fujian College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Sinica.2007, 17 (4):10.