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  <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">dao dou zi</name>
    <name type="chinese">刀豆子</name>
    <name type="latin">Semen Canavaliae</name>
    <name type="english">canavalia gladiata</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Spleen and Stomach, directs Qi downward and stops hiccups</summary>
      <indication>Deficiency Cold of the Stomach with hiccups, belching, vomiting and abdominal distension</indication>
      <indication>Wheezing from excess Phlegm</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Supplements Kidney Qi and assists Yang</summary>
      <indication>Lower back pain</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
