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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:39.887995+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">fu hai shi</name>
    <name type="chinese">浮海石</name>
    <name type="latin">Costaziae</name>
    <name type="english">Constaziae Skeleton</name>
    <name type="japanese">fukaiseki</name>
    <name type="korean">buhaeseok</name>
  </names>
  <category>Cool &amp; Transform Phlegm Heat</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm and disperses stagnation</summary>
      <indication>Heat accumulated in the Lungs: thick, sticky sputum that is hard to bring up, sometimes streaked with blood, or coughing of blood</indication>
      <indication>Long-standing, stubborn cough; used mostly for chronic conditions</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Softens hardness and dissipates Phlegm nodules</summary>
      <indication>Goiter, scrofula and similar nodules of the neck from Phlegm-Fire</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination, dissolves stones and opens the upper source of water (the Lungs)</summary>
      <indication>Stone Lin with Heat: urinary stones and painful, dribbling urination, usually alongside other herbs that dissolve stones or clear Heat</indication>
      <indication>Painful or difficult urination</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
