<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:30.371617+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/hai-gou-shen/</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/hai-gou-shen/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">hai gou shen</name>
    <name type="chinese">海狗肾</name>
    <name type="latin">Testes et Penis Callorhini</name>
    <name type="english">ursine seal’s testes and penis</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify Yang</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Kidneys and tonifies Yang</summary>
      <indication>Kidney Yang deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Impotence or other sexual problems</indication>
      <indication>Premature ejaculation</indication>
      <indication>Weak lower back and knees from Kidney deficiency</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Essence and marrow</summary>
      <indication>Deficient Kidney Essence and marrow</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
