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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:47.789536+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/gu-jing-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/gu-jing-cao/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">gu jing cao</name>
    <name type="chinese">谷精草</name>
    <name type="latin">Flos Eriocauli</name>
    <name type="english">pipewort flower</name>
    <name type="japanese">kokuseiso</name>
    <name type="korean">kokjeongcho</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Fire</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Wind-Heat from the Liver channel, brightens the eyes and clears superficial visual obstruction</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Heat in the Liver channel: red, swollen eyes, floaters, cataract, light sensitivity, hazy vision, watering eyes or pterygium</indication>
      <indication>Headache, toothache or throat Bi from Wind-Heat</indication>
      <indication>Eye problems that come with Wind-Heat affecting the face and head</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
