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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">chuan bei mu</name>
    <name type="chinese">川贝母</name>
    <name type="latin">Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae</name>
    <name type="english">Sichuan Fritillaria Bulb</name>
    <name type="japanese">senbaimo</name>
    <name type="korean">cheonpaemo</name>
  </names>
  <category>Cool &amp; Transform Phlegm Heat</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm, moistens the Lungs and stops cough</summary>
      <indication>Long-standing dry cough from Yin deficiency with Deficiency Fire: little sputum that is hard to bring up and may be streaked with blood, with a dry mouth and throat</indication>
      <indication>Cough complicated by Qi stagnation, with poor appetite and an oppressed, blocked feeling in the chest and abdomen</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and dissipates nodules</summary>
      <indication>Nodules and swellings from Phlegm-Heat or Phlegm-Fire, such as scrofula and goiter</indication>
      <indication>Toxic sores and swellings (Chuang Yung)</indication>
      <indication>Abscess of the Lung or breast</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
