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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:37:14.247233+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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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">guan mu tong</name>
    <name type="chinese">关木通</name>
    <name type="latin">Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis</name>
    <name type="english">manchurian dutchmans pipe stem</name>
    <name type="japanese">kanmokutsu</name>
    <name type="korean">kwanmoktong</name>
  </names>
  <category>Obsolete Substances</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
    <channel>Small Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heart Fire and promotes urination</summary>
      <indication>Blazing Fire in the Heart channel with irritability, mouth ulcers and sores on the tongue</indication>
      <indication>Scanty, painful or dark urine</indication>
      <indication>Cystitis, urethritis and nephritis</indication>
      <indication>Bedwetting</indication>
      <indication>Vaginal discharge</indication>
      <indication>Fevers</indication>
      <indication>Joint pain from Damp-Heat (Bi), and aching all over</indication>
      <indication>Painful urinary dysfunction (Lin syndrome)</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood, unblocks menstruation, promotes lactation and eases the joints</summary>
      <indication>Amenorrhea from Blood stasis or other causes</indication>
      <indication>Painful periods</indication>
      <indication>Absent or insufficient breast milk</indication>
      <indication>Cancer</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
