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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
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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">ding xiang</name>
    <name type="chinese">丁香</name>
    <name type="latin">Flos Caryophylli</name>
    <name type="english">Clove</name>
    <name type="japanese">choko</name>
    <name type="korean">jeonghyang</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm Interior, Expel Cold</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Middle Jiao, directs rebellious Qi downward and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Cold in the Stomach with hiccups, nausea, vomiting, cold abdominal pain and diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Deficiency Cold of the Spleen and Stomach with poor appetite, vomiting and loose stools</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Kidneys and assists Yang</summary>
      <indication>Impotence from deficient Kidney Yang</indication>
      <indication>Cold in the Womb from Kidney Yang deficiency, with clear, cold vaginal discharge and often weak legs</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
