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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:39.579387+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/hong-teng/</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/hong-teng/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">hong teng</name>
    <name type="chinese">红藤</name>
    <name type="latin">Caulis Sargentodoxae</name>
    <name type="english">sargent gloryvine stem</name>
    <name type="japanese">koto</name>
    <name type="korean">hongdeung</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat, Relieve Toxicity</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, reduces abscesses and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Intestinal abscess marked by toxin, Heat and stagnation, such as a picture resembling appendicitis</indication>
      <indication>Hot, swollen, painful skin lesions (Chuang Yong), treated internally or on the skin</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood, disperses stasis and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Blood stagnation after trauma or sports injury, with sharp, fixed pain</indication>
      <indication>Painful periods</indication>
      <indication>Joint pain</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
