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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:48.119428+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">mo han lian</name>
    <name type="chinese">墨旱莲</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Ecliptae</name>
    <name type="english">Eclipta</name>
    <name type="japanese">kanrenso</name>
    <name type="korean">hanryeoncho</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify Yin</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin</summary>
      <indication>Liver and Kidney Yin deficiency: dizziness, vertigo, blurred vision and early greying of the hair</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Cools Blood and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding from Blood Heat on a base of Yin deficiency with Empty Fire: vomiting or coughing blood, nosebleed, blood in the stool, uterine bleeding and above all blood in the urine</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
