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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:56.719562+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/jiao-gu-lan/</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">Jiao Gu Lan</name>
    <name type="chinese">绞股蓝</name>
    <name type="latin">Gynostemma Pentaphllum</name>
    <name type="english">Gynostemma</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies Qi, moistens the Lungs, generates Fluids and dispels Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Long-standing conditions of a deficient nature, including asthma, migraine and neuralgia</indication>
      <indication>Weak breathing or digestion from deficiency, with nausea, vomiting, breathlessness and a congested chest</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, reduces swelling and inflammation, and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Stomach and duodenal ulcers</indication>
      <indication>Raised blood lipids</indication>
      <indication>Nodules</indication>
      <indication>Cystitis</indication>
      <indication>Shingles (herpes zoster)</indication>
      <indication>Cancers</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Lowers blood pressure and cholesterol</summary>
      <indication>High blood pressure</indication>
      <indication>High cholesterol</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
