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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:16.948536+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/ji-guan-hua/</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">ji guan hua</name>
    <name type="chinese">雞冠花</name>
    <name type="latin">Flos Celosiae Cristatae</name>
    <name type="english">cockscomb</name>
    <name type="japanese">Keikanka</name>
    <name type="korean">Kyegwanhwa</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Restrains leakage to stop bleeding and vaginal discharge</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding and other discharges of many kinds from the Lower Jiao</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, cools the Blood, binds the Intestines and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Dysentery, particularly when long-standing or with blood in the stool</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Consolidates Jing and stops diarrhea</summary>
      <indication>Vaginal discharge, diarrhea or dysentery</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
