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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:37:08.388034+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/mo-yao/</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">mo yao</name>
    <name type="chinese">没药</name>
    <name type="latin">Myrrha</name>
    <name type="english">Myrrh</name>
    <name type="japanese">motsuyaku</name>
    <name type="korean">molyak</name>
  </names>
  <category>Invigorate the Blood</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood, dispels stasis, relieves pain and reduces swelling</summary>
      <indication>Pain from Blood stasis: injuries and bruising, sores, carbuncles and swellings, fixed abdominal masses, Bi pain, and chest or abdominal pain</indication>
      <indication>Absent or painful periods</indication>
      <indication>Pain and spotting after childbirth</indication>
      <indication>Intestinal abscess</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Generates flesh and promotes healing</summary>
      <indication>Chronic sores, ulcers and skin lesions that fail to heal, long applied externally to wounds</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
