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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-19T20:52:51.032897+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jiang can</name>
    <name type="chinese">僵蚕</name>
    <name type="latin">Bombyx Batryticatus</name>
    <name type="english">Silkworm</name>
    <name type="japanese">kyosan</name>
    <name type="korean">baekgangjam</name>
  </names>
  <category>Extinguish Wind, Stop Tremors</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Extinguishes Wind, stops spasms and convulsions, and transforms Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Convulsions in children</indication>
      <indication>Facial paralysis with the eye and mouth pulled to one side, from Wind-Phlegm</indication>
      <indication>Seizures from Liver Wind, and above all from Wind-Phlegm-Heat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind, disperses Wind-Heat, and relieves itching and pain</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Heat contracted from outside, or Liver Wind, with headache, red eyes, a swollen sore throat, and itchy skin eruptions such as Wind rash</indication>
      <indication>Hoarseness or loss of voice</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Transforms Phlegm, softens hardness, resolves toxicity and dissipates nodules</summary>
      <indication>Scrofula (Luo Li), goiter and other Phlegm nodules from Phlegm-Heat</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
