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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:18.088762+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/jiang-xiang/</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">jiang xiang</name>
    <name type="chinese">降香</name>
    <name type="latin">Lignum Dalbergiae Odoriferae</name>
    <name type="english">Dalbergia Heartwood</name>
    <name type="japanese">koko</name>
    <name type="korean">kanghyang</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Blood, Stop Bleeding</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Blood stasis and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Internal injury from trauma, such as fractures, sprains and contusions, with swelling, bruising and pain</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding from cuts, applied topically on its own or with other herbs</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding with stasis, such as vomiting dark clotted blood or a nosebleed after injury; bleeding from Heat or deficiency needs other herbs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood, moves Qi and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Pain in the epigastrium and abdomen when Spleen and Stomach Qi stagnates</indication>
      <indication>Chest pain from Blood stasis</indication>
      <indication>Fixed, stabbing pain in the chest or flanks from stagnant Qi and Blood, including angina-type chest pain</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Harmonises the Middle Jiao, descends Qi and resolves turbidity</summary>
      <indication>Nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain when Damp accumulates or turbid Damp blocks the Middle Jiao, often paired with aromatic herbs such as Huo Xiang</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
