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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:23.039149+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">lu feng fang</name>
    <name type="chinese">露蜂房</name>
    <name type="latin">Nidus Vespae</name>
    <name type="english">Wasp Nest</name>
    <name type="japanese">rohobo</name>
    <name type="korean">nobongbang</name>
  </names>
  <category>External Application</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Resolves toxicity, expels Wind and relieves pain and itching</summary>
      <indication>Applied as a wash or ointment for itchy rashes, scabies, tinea, carbuncles and sores</indication>
      <indication>Severe toothache that feels like a worm boring into the tooth, used as a gargle</indication>
      <indication>Wind-type toothache made worse by cold or draughts</indication>
      <indication>Boils, abscesses and breast abscess (mastitis); also scrofula and other nodules</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Expels Wind, dries Damp and relieves pain and itching</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Damp Bi and rheumatic joint pain</indication>
      <indication>Wind rash and hives</indication>
      <indication>Internal Wind</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Treats tumours</summary>
      <indication>Cancers</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Kills parasites</summary>
      <indication>Used as an insecticide</indication>
      <indication>Eczema and other persistent itching lesions of the skin, with a powder or wash applied externally, or small amounts of the processed nest taken internally</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
