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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:47.537999+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">mián huā gēn</name>
    <name type="chinese">棉花根</name>
    <name type="latin">Radix Gossypii</name>
    <name type="english">levant cotton root-bark</name>
  </names>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Supplements deficiency, calms wheezing and regulates menstruation</summary>
      <indication>Cough and asthma from general weakness</indication>
      <indication>Hernia</indication>
      <indication>Uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Uterine prolapse</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
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