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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:28.999053+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bi ba</name>
    <name type="chinese">荜茇</name>
    <name type="latin">Fructus Piperis Longi</name>
    <name type="english">Long Pepper Fruit</name>
    <name type="japanese">hihatsu</name>
    <name type="korean">pilbal</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm Interior, Expel Cold</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Middle Jiao, disperses Cold, directs Qi downward and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Abdominal pain with nausea, vomiting, hiccups, belching, acid reflux and poor appetite, where Cold has congealed and stagnated the Qi of the epigastrium and abdomen</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea or dysentery when Cold has settled in the Intestines, Spleen and Stomach</indication>
      <indication>Stomach Cold</indication>
      <indication>Nausea and vomiting of a Cold type</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Relieves toothache (topical)</summary>
      <indication>Toothache, with the powdered fruit placed on or beside the painful tooth</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
