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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">chen xiang</name>
    <name type="chinese">沉香</name>
    <name type="latin">Aquilariae Lingum Resinatum</name>
    <name type="english">aloeswood</name>
    <name type="japanese">jinko</name>
    <name type="korean">chimhyang</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Qi</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Qi stagnation with distension, pain or pressure in the chest, epigastrium or abdomen, particularly of a Cold, deficient type or with Blood stasis</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Directs rebellious Qi downward, warms the Middle Jiao and the Spleen and Stomach, dispels Cold and stops vomiting</summary>
      <indication>Wheezing from rebellious Qi, whether Excess or deficient, including wheezing with a Cold, deficient element</indication>
      <indication>Chronic nausea, vomiting, belching or hiccups from Deficiency Cold of the Spleen and Stomach</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Kidneys and helps them grasp Qi</summary>
      <indication>Asthma and wheezing when the Kidneys fail to grasp Qi, with breathing in harder than breathing out</indication>
      <indication>A cold, sore and weak lower back and knees</indication>
      <indication>Spermatorrhea in men</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
