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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:58.246638+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">chuan mu tong</name>
    <name type="chinese">川木通</name>
    <name type="latin">Caulis Clematidis Armandii</name>
    <name type="english">clematidis caulis</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Dampness</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination and drains Damp-Heat</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat in the Bladder with difficult, scanty, painful dribbling urination</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heart Heat and drains Fire downward</summary>
      <indication>Heart Heat passed down through the Small Intestine: sores of the mouth and tongue, irritability and dark, scanty urine</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes lactation and unblocks the vessels</summary>
      <indication>Insufficient breast milk</indication>
      <indication>Amenorrhea</indication>
      <indication>Painful, stiff joints</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
