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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:53.532136+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/ou-jie/</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">ou jie</name>
    <name type="chinese">lotus rhizome node</name>
    <name type="latin">lotus rhizome node</name>
    <name type="english">Lotus Rhizome Node</name>
    <name type="japanese">lotus rhizome node</name>
    <name type="korean">lotus rhizome node</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Stops bleeding, restrains leakage of Blood and disperses stasis</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding from Lung or Stomach Heat, particularly vomiting or coughing of blood</indication>
      <indication>Nosebleed, blood in the urine and uterine bleeding</indication>
      <indication>Chronic bleeding, combined with suitable herbs</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding in the upper body (chest, nose, stomach) where some stasis is present, as it stops bleeding without leaving stasis behind</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat from the Blood</summary>
      <indication>Blood Heat</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
