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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:21.405391+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <licence>Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice.</licence>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">da feng zi</name>
    <name type="chinese">大风子</name>
    <name type="latin">Semen Hydnocarpi</name>
    <name type="english">gynocardia odorata</name>
    <name type="japanese">dafushi</name>
    <name type="korean">daepungja</name>
  </names>
  <category>External Application</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Expels Wind, dries Damp, attacks toxicity and kills parasites</summary>
      <indication>Leprosy, used internally or topically; recorded in Chinese sources since at least medieval times</indication>
      <indication>Scabies, applied topically</indication>
      <indication>Tinea (ringworm), applied topically</indication>
      <indication>Syphilis, applied topically</indication>
      <indication>Chronic, non-healing skin eruptions of the Damp-Heat or Wind-toxin type</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
