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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:52.809477+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">da dou juan</name>
    <name type="chinese">大豆卷</name>
    <name type="latin">Semen Sojae Germinatum</name>
    <name type="english">dried soybean sprout</name>
    <name type="japanese">zuken</name>
    <name type="korean">daedugwon</name>
  </names>
  <category>Cool, Acrid, Release Exterior</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Releases the Exterior and clears Summerheat and Damp-Heat</summary>
      <indication>Edema</indication>
      <indication>Warm-Damp disease with sweating that does not resolve the illness</indication>
      <indication>Summerheat or fever at an early stage, while Heat and Damp are still at the Exterior</indication>
      <indication>Aching joints and a heavy feeling throughout the body from accumulated Damp; in Summerheat patterns the heaviness is often the most telling sign</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Qi and Blood and reduces water swelling</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat Bi with cramping sinews and painful knees</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Raises Yang Qi and opens the channels and collaterals</summary>
      <indication>Joint pain from Damp</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
