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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:24.346901+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/bing-lang/</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/bing-lang/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">bing lang</name>
    <name type="chinese">槟榔</name>
    <name type="latin">Semen Arecae</name>
    <name type="english">Aracea</name>
    <name type="japanese">binro</name>
    <name type="korean">binrang</name>
  </names>
  <category>Kill Parasites</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Kills parasites</summary>
      <indication>Many intestinal parasites, including fasciolopsis, pinworm, roundworm, hookworm, threadworm and blood flukes</indication>
      <indication>Tapeworm, against which it works best</indication>
      <indication>Its downward-draining action carries the dead parasites out of the bowel</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi, reduces accumulation, drains downward and unblocks the bowels</summary>
      <indication>Food and Qi stagnation with abdominal distension and fullness, and constipation or diarrhea with tenesmus</indication>
      <indication>Chest oppression and fullness, with wheezing, phlegm or belching</indication>
      <indication>Organ enlargement, benign cysts or masses, and ascites, within combination formulas</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination</summary>
      <indication>Damp leg Qi (swollen legs) and edema of an Excess type</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Treats malarial disorders</summary>
      <indication>Malarial disorders</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Relieves nausea</summary>
      <indication>Nausea</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
