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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:20.000552+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">he ye</name>
    <name type="chinese">荷叶</name>
    <name type="latin">Folium Nelumbinis</name>
    <name type="english">Lotus Leaf</name>
    <name type="japanese">kayo</name>
    <name type="korean">hayeop</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Summerheat</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Summerheat</summary>
      <indication>Summerheat, with or without Damp: fever, thirst, irritability, profuse sweating, scanty urine and, above all, diarrhea</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Raises and clears Spleen Yang</summary>
      <indication>Diarrhea from deficient Spleen Yang, typically in the wake of Summerheat</indication>
      <indication>Lifting the Qi while recovering from a Summerheat illness</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Removes stagnation and stops bleeding (charred form, He Ye Tan)</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding in the Lower Jiao from Heat or stagnation</indication>
      <indication>Vomiting of blood, as a supporting herb</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
