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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:39.164061+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/e-zhu/</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">e zhu</name>
    <name type="chinese">莪术</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma Curcumae</name>
    <name type="english">Curcuma Rhizome</name>
    <name type="japanese">gajutsu</name>
    <name type="korean">achul</name>
  </names>
  <category>Invigorate the Blood</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Breaks up Blood stasis, moves Qi and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Blood stasis with abdominal pain and painful or absent periods, including stubborn stasis in the Chong vessel</indication>
      <indication>Masses that can be felt in the epigastrium or abdomen</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dissolves accumulations and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Food stagnation with pain, distension, fullness and tightness in the chest, epigastrium and abdomen; it aids digestion by moving Qi and Blood</indication>
      <indication>Nutritional impairment in children</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
