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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:12.41736+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">li zhi he</name>
    <name type="chinese">荔枝核</name>
    <name type="latin">Semen Litchi</name>
    <name type="english">Leechee Nut</name>
    <name type="japanese">reishikaku</name>
    <name type="korean">yeojihaek</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Qi</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Cold and stagnation and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Cold in the Liver channel with bulging disorder (Shan Qi) and pain in the groin or testicles, sometimes with swelling</indication>
      <indication>Heat in the Liver channel, combined with suitable herbs</indication>
      <indication>Running piglet Qi: a shooting sensation rising from the lower abdomen to the chest</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Regulates Qi and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Liver Qi stagnation with pain in the abdomen and epigastrium</indication>
      <indication>Stagnant Qi and Blood with abdominal pain before periods or after childbirth</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
