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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:31.106442+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">Feng Wei Cao</name>
    <name type="chinese">凤尾草</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Petridis Multifidae</name>
    <name type="english">huguenot fern</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
    <channel>Gallbladder</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, drains Damp, stops diarrhea and reduces inflammation</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat in the Large Intestine, Bladder or Spleen</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Difficult urination</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Cools the Blood, resolves toxicity and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding caused by toxic Heat in the Blood</indication>
      <indication>Cancer attributed to toxic Heat in the Blood</indication>
      <indication>Dysentery</indication>
      <indication>Blood in the stool, bleeding hemorrhoids and nosebleed</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
