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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:53.372148+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/huai-jiao/</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/huai-jiao/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">huai jiao</name>
    <name type="chinese">槐角</name>
    <name type="latin">Fructus Sophorae</name>
    <name type="english">Japanese pagoda tree pod</name>
    <name type="japanese">kaikaku</name>
    <name type="korean">koegak</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Blood, Stop Bleeding</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Gallbladder</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Directs Heat downward, cools the Blood and stops bleeding, and moistens the Intestines</summary>
      <indication>Swollen, bleeding hemorrhoids from Heat</indication>
      <indication>Blood in the stool or urine from Heat</indication>
      <indication>Constipation with Heat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Liver Fire, nourishes the Liver, brightens the eyes and lowers blood pressure</summary>
      <indication>Liver Fire with headache, dizziness and red eyes, frequently alongside high blood pressure</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
