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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:48.543763+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/bai-ji/</canonical>
  <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>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/bai-ji/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bai ji</name>
    <name type="chinese">白及</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma Bletillae</name>
    <name type="english">Bletilla Rhizome</name>
    <name type="japanese">byakukyu</name>
    <name type="korean">baekkeup</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Blood, Stop Bleeding</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Restrains leakage of Blood and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding from the Lungs or Stomach: vomiting or coughing up blood, and nosebleed</indication>
      <indication>Lung abscess</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding from a traumatic injury, applied topically</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Reduces swelling, generates flesh and heals ulcers (topical)</summary>
      <indication>Sores, ulcers and swellings, before or after they have broken open, applied externally</indication>
      <indication>Chapped or cracked skin</indication>
      <indication>Chronic wounds that are slow to heal</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes the Lungs and resolves Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Damage to the Lungs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Yin, cools Heat and preserves Body Fluids</summary>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
