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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:25.643567+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <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">jiŭ xiāng chóng</name>
    <name type="chinese">九香虫</name>
    <name type="latin">Aspongopus</name>
    <name type="english">stink-bug</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Regulates Qi, soothes the Liver and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Liver Qi stagnation</indication>
      <indication>Distending pain in the chest, epigastrium, Lungs and Stomach when Cold causes Liver-Spleen disharmony</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Replenishes Kidney Yang</summary>
      <indication>Deficient Kidney Yang with impotence, low back pain and frequent urination</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Replenishes Spleen Yang</summary>
      <indication>Spleen Yang deficiency with poor transformation and transportation</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
