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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:24.462671+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/di-er-cao/</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>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/di-er-cao/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">di er cao</name>
    <name type="chinese">地耳草</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Hyperici Japonici</name>
    <name type="english">Japanese St. John&apos;s wort</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, promotes urination, reduces swelling and clears Damp-Heat</summary>
      <indication>Tonsillitis</indication>
      <indication>Internal and external injuries</indication>
      <indication>Infectious hepatitis</indication>
      <indication>Febrile convulsions</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea and dysentery</indication>
      <indication>Appendicitis</indication>
      <indication>Malnutrition in infants</indication>
      <indication>Swellings</indication>
      <indication>Snakebite</indication>
      <indication>Dermatitis, applied as a lotion</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
