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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:52.356027+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">lu hui</name>
    <name type="chinese">芦荟</name>
    <name type="latin">Aloe</name>
    <name type="english">aloe</name>
    <name type="japanese">rokai</name>
    <name type="korean">nohoe</name>
  </names>
  <category>Purgative</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Purges downward, drains Fire and clears accumulation</summary>
      <indication>Constipation from accumulated Heat, with dizziness, red eyes and irritability</indication>
      <indication>Hot-type constipation where Heart and Liver Fire bring restlessness, irritability and poor sleep</indication>
      <indication>Headache with constipation from Liver and Large Intestine Heat</indication>
      <indication>Long-standing constipation</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and cools the Liver</summary>
      <indication>Liver Fire or Heat in the Liver channel: headache, dizziness, ringing in the ears, irritability, fever, constipation and discomfort in the epigastrium</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Kills parasites and strengthens the Stomach</summary>
      <indication>Nutritional impairment in children, particularly from roundworm</indication>
      <indication>Tinea (ringworm)</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>External application</summary>
      <indication>Burns, applied topically</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
