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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:35:26.095805+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">meng chong</name>
    <name type="chinese">虻虫</name>
    <name type="latin">Tabanus</name>
    <name type="english">gradfly</name>
    <name type="japanese">mochu</name>
    <name type="korean">maengchung</name>
  </names>
  <category>Invigorate the Blood</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Breaks up Blood stasis, reduces abdominal masses and unblocks the vessels</summary>
      <indication>Blood stasis causing amenorrhea, retained lochia or abdominal masses</indication>
      <indication>Stubborn, fixed, long-standing stasis, as one of the strongest (attacking) Blood movers</indication>
      <indication>Irregular periods from obstruction (not from deficiency)</indication>
      <indication>Palpable fixed masses from congealed Blood</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels stasis, heals injury and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Traumatic injury</indication>
      <indication>Bruising, swelling and pain after an injury, with old Blood obstructing the channels</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
