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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:06.377251+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ba jiao lian</name>
    <name type="chinese">八角莲</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma et Radix Dysosmae</name>
    <name type="english">dysosma</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears toxic Heat, resolves Phlegm, dissipates nodules, breaks up stagnation and reduces swelling</summary>
      <indication>Carbuncles, furuncles, boils and sores</indication>
      <indication>Scrofula</indication>
      <indication>Tumors</indication>
      <indication>Snake bites and insect bites</indication>
      <indication>Cough</indication>
      <indication>Sore throat and acute tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Venereal disease</indication>
      <indication>Traumatic injury, internal or external</indication>
      <indication>Joint pain</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
