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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:52.62707+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/bai-mao-gen/</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>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bai mao gen</name>
    <name type="chinese">白茅根</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma Imperatae</name>
    <name type="english">Imperata Rhizoma</name>
    <name type="japanese">hakubokon</name>
    <name type="korean">baekmogeun</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Blood, Stop Bleeding</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Small Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Cools the Blood and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Heat in the Blood causing nosebleed, blood in the urine, or vomiting or coughing up blood</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and promotes urination</summary>
      <indication>Lin syndrome, with hot, painful or difficult urination</indication>
      <indication>Edema and difficult urination in Heat patterns</indication>
      <indication>Jaundice from Damp-Heat</indication>
      <indication>Simple difficulty passing urine, for which it is gentle enough to use alone</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat from the Lungs and Stomach</summary>
      <indication>Stomach Heat with nausea, vomiting, thirst and irritability</indication>
      <indication>Lung Heat with cough and wheezing</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
