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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:47.724856+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">hu huang lian</name>
    <name type="chinese">胡黄连</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma Picrorhizae</name>
    <name type="english">figwort flower</name>
    <name type="japanese">kooren</name>
    <name type="korean">hohwangryeon</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear heat from Deficiency</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears deficiency Heat</summary>
      <indication>Heat signs from Yin deficiency, such as steaming bones or afternoon fever</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and reduces childhood nutritional impairment</summary>
      <indication>Childhood nutritional impairment with a swollen belly, afternoon fever, hemorrhoids and dysenteric diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Accumulation with Heat in a child: poor absorption, irritability, fever and a full abdomen</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Drains Damp-Heat</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat dysentery, diarrhea, hemorrhoids or sores</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
