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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">he huan pi</name>
    <name type="chinese">合欢皮</name>
    <name type="latin">Cortex Albiziae</name>
    <name type="english">albizia</name>
    <name type="japanese">gokanhi</name>
    <name type="korean">haphwanpi</name>
  </names>
  <category>Nourish Heart, Calm Spirit</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Calms the Shen and relieves constraint</summary>
      <indication>Emotional constraint or stagnant Liver Qi with a short temper, low mood, poor sleep, irritability and forgetfulness</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates and harmonises the Blood, relieves pain and knits sinews and bones</summary>
      <indication>Pain and swelling after trauma, fractures included (a mild effect)</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Regulates Qi, relieves pain, reduces swelling and heals abscesses</summary>
      <indication>Painful, swollen abscesses and sores, internal or external</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
