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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:46.623092+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/gui-jian-yu/</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/gui-jian-yu/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">gui jian yu</name>
    <name type="chinese">鬼箭羽</name>
    <name type="latin">Ramulus Euonymi</name>
    <name type="english">Euonymi twig</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Breaks up Blood stasis and unblocks menstruation</summary>
      <indication>Traumatic injury</indication>
      <indication>Irregular periods</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain after childbirth arising from Wind-Damp</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Kills parasites</summary>
      <indication>Parasites causing abdominal pain</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Eliminates Wind-toxin</summary>
      <indication>Toxic Heat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, cools the Blood and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Heat in the Blood</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
