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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:22.002923+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/can-sha/</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/can-sha/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">can sha</name>
    <name type="chinese">蚕沙</name>
    <name type="latin">Faeces Bombycis</name>
    <name type="english">Silkworm Feces</name>
    <name type="japanese">sansha</name>
    <name type="korean">jamsa</name>
  </names>
  <category>Dispel Wind Damp</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind and eliminates Damp</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Damp Bi, with aching muscles and pain in the limbs</indication>
      <indication>Wind-Damp skin rashes, itchy skin and eczema</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Harmonises the Stomach and transforms turbid Damp</summary>
      <indication>Sudden turmoil disorder (huo luan) from turbid Damp blocking the Middle Jiao: vomiting and diarrhea, cramping abdominal pain, gurgling bowels and spasms of the calves</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
