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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:09.29109+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ce bai ye</name>
    <name type="chinese">侧柏叶</name>
    <name type="latin">Cacumen Platycladi</name>
    <name type="english">arborvitae</name>
    <name type="japanese">sokuhakuyi</name>
    <name type="korean">cheukbaekyeop</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Blood, Stop Bleeding</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Cools the Blood and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding from Heat in the Blood: vomiting or coughing blood, nosebleed, bleeding gums, blood in the stool or urine, bloody dysentery, and heavy menstrual or uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding from injury</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding in Cold patterns, when combined with suitable herbs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Stops cough and wheezing and expels Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Cough from Lung Heat</indication>
      <indication>Phlegm-Heat with thick, sticky sputum that is hard to bring up, especially when streaked with blood</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes healing of burns and generates flesh (topical)</summary>
      <indication>Burns in their early stage over a moderate area, applied as a powder or paste</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding wounds, applied externally</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes hair growth (topical)</summary>
      <indication>Hair loss or early greying, rubbing a tincture made with alcohol into the scalp</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Damp-Heat</summary>
      <indication>Vaginal discharge from Damp-Heat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind-Damp</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Damp Bi</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
