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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:48.876625+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/dan-nan-xing/</canonical>
  <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">dan nan xing</name>
    <name type="chinese">胆南星</name>
    <name type="latin">Arisaema Cum Bile</name>
    <name type="english">bile arisaema</name>
    <name type="japanese">seitennansho</name>
    <name type="korean">jecheonnamseong</name>
  </names>
  <category>Transform Phlegm Cold</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and transforms Phlegm-Heat</summary>
      <indication>Cough bringing up yellow phlegm that is thick and sticky</indication>
      <indication>Agitation or confusion when Phlegm-Heat clouds the mind</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Calms Wind and stops convulsions</summary>
      <indication>Seizures, convulsions in infants and children, cramps and muscle spasm, and tetanus or lockjaw, where Phlegm-Heat has stirred up Wind</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Opens the channels in Wind-stroke</summary>
      <indication>Stroke with facial paralysis, slurred speech and stiff limbs, from Wind and Phlegm obstructing the channels</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
