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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:04.475398+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">pao jiang</name>
    <name type="chinese">炮姜</name>
    <name type="latin">Rhizoma Zingiberis Praeparatum</name>
    <name type="english">Charred Dried Ginger</name>
    <name type="japanese">shokyo</name>
    <name type="korean">saenggang</name>
  </names>
  <category>Warm Interior, Expel Cold</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the channels and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Uterine bleeding or spotting from Deficiency Cold</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding and lochia that will not settle after childbirth, from Deficiency Cold</indication>
      <indication>Blood in the stool from Deficiency Cold</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Warms the Middle Jiao and disperses Cold</summary>
      <indication>Dull, cold pain of the abdomen and epigastrium</indication>
      <indication>Long-standing diarrhea or loose stools from Deficiency Cold</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Enters the Blood level</summary>
      <indication>Cold with Blood stasis after childbirth</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
