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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:18.562279+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
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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">long chi</name>
    <name type="chinese">龙齿</name>
    <name type="latin">Dens Draconis</name>
    <name type="english">Dragon Teeth</name>
    <name type="japanese">ryushi</name>
    <name type="korean">yongchi</name>
  </names>
  <category>Anchor, Settle and Calm Spirit</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Settles fright and calms the Shen</summary>
      <indication>Restlessness, anxious palpitations, insomnia and sleep disturbed by dreams</indication>
      <indication>Fright disorders in children</indication>
      <indication>Marked Heart and Liver disturbance with agitation verging on mania</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and relieves irritability</summary>
      <indication>Disturbed Shen with an accompanying Heat or agitation component</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Calms the Liver and stops spasm</summary>
      <indication>Irritability with spasms from stirring Liver Wind</indication>
      <indication>Convulsions, including in children</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
