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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:59.510238+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">mei gui hua</name>
    <name type="chinese">玫瑰花</name>
    <name type="latin">Flos Rosae Rugosae</name>
    <name type="english">rose flower</name>
    <name type="japanese">maikaika</name>
    <name type="korean">maegoehwa</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Qi</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi and relieves stagnation</summary>
      <indication>Liver and Stomach disharmony: oppression in the chest, distending pain of the flanks and epigastrium, belching and poor appetite</indication>
      <indication>Constrained Liver Qi invading the Spleen and Stomach</indication>
      <indication>Qi stagnation where a drier Qi-moving herb could damage Yin, as this one is fragrant, mild and comparatively moist</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi, harmonises Blood, disperses stasis and regulates menstruation</summary>
      <indication>Irregular periods, menstrual pain and premenstrual breast tenderness from Blood stasis</indication>
      <indication>Blood stasis from injury</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Soothes the Liver, relieves pain and checks diarrhea</summary>
      <indication>Chronic gastritis, including gastritis of nervous origin</indication>
      <indication>Hepatitis</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
