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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:32.268263+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/jin-qiao-mai/</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/jin-qiao-mai/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jin qiao mai</name>
    <name type="chinese">金荞麦</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma Fagopyri Dibotryis</name>
    <name type="english">wild buckwheat</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and resolves toxicity</summary>
      <indication>Snake bites</indication>
      <indication>Dysentery</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears the Lungs and transforms Phlegm</summary>
      <indication>Lung Heat with cough and gasping breath</indication>
      <indication>Swollen, painful or sore throat</indication>
      <indication>Lung abscess</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood and resolves carbuncles</summary>
      <indication>Traumatic injury</indication>
      <indication>Painful periods</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain after childbirth</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Expels Wind and eliminates Damp</summary>
      <indication>Rheumatism and rheumatic arthritis</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
