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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:29.286943+00:00">
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">hu lu ba</name>
    <name type="chinese">胡芦巴</name>
    <name type="latin">Semen Trigonellae</name>
    <name type="english">Common Fenugreek Seed</name>
    <name type="japanese">koroha</name>
    <name type="korean">horopa</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify Yang</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Kidneys and strengthens Yang</summary>
      <indication>Deficient Kidney Yang: cold hands and feet, with an aching, weak and cold lumbar region</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Cold and Damp and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Deficient Kidney Yang with Cold or stagnant Qi collecting, bringing distension and pain of the abdomen or flanks, or bulging disorders</indication>
      <indication>Cold Shan Qi, in which Cold stagnates in the Liver channel and the testicles and lower abdomen hurt</indication>
      <indication>Cold-Damp leg Qi, with legs that are sore, heavy, numb or swollen</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
