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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:37.520133+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/mao-dong-qing/</canonical>
  <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">mao dong qing</name>
    <name type="chinese">毛冬青</name>
    <name type="latin">Radix Ilex Pubescens</name>
    <name type="english">hairy holly root</name>
    <name type="japanese">motosei</name>
    <name type="korean">modongcheong</name>
  </names>
  <category>Invigorate the Blood</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood and unblocks the channels and collaterals</summary>
      <indication>Chest pain from Heart Blood stasis</indication>
      <indication>Hemiplegia after stroke</indication>
      <indication>Qi stagnation of the Heart</indication>
      <indication>Chest Bi</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, resolves toxicity and stops cough</summary>
      <indication>Cough from Lung Heat</indication>
      <indication>Cough from Wind-Heat</indication>
      <indication>Sore, swollen throat</indication>
      <indication>Burns, applied as a powder</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
