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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:56.598143+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/hu-gu/</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>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">hu gu</name>
    <name type="chinese">虎骨</name>
    <name type="latin">Os Tigridis</name>
    <name type="english">tiger bone</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind-Damp, relieves pain and strengthens the sinews and bones</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Damp Bi with wasted, weak lower back and legs, stiff joints, wandering pain, leg spasms and difficulty moving the joints</indication>
      <indication>Severe, wandering joint pain, classically used when ordinary Wind-Damp herbs were thought too weak</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Wind-Cold</summary>
      <indication>Cold pain deep in the bones, spasms or paralysis from Wind-Cold Bi</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
