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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:02.97281+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">Long Kui</name>
    <name type="chinese">龙葵</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Solani Nigri</name>
    <name type="english">black nightshade</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat Resolve Toxicity</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, invigorates Blood and reduces swelling</summary>
      <indication>Sores and abscesses</indication>
      <indication>Itchy sores and rashes</indication>
      <indication>Erysipelas, and a swollen, painful throat</indication>
      <indication>Cancer</indication>
      <indication>Erysipelas and boils, treated topically</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination and relieves painful urinary dysfunction</summary>
      <indication>Hot, painful urinary dysfunction</indication>
      <indication>Edema with difficult urination</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
