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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:10.989402+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">pei lan</name>
    <name type="chinese">佩兰</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Eupatorii</name>
    <name type="english">Eupatorium</name>
    <name type="japanese">hairan</name>
    <name type="korean">paeran</name>
  </names>
  <category>Aromatic Transform Damp</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Aromatically transforms Damp, awakens the Spleen and harmonises the Middle Jiao</summary>
      <indication>Damp blocking the Middle Jiao: a stuffy chest, no appetite, nausea, distension of the epigastrium and abdomen, and a moist or greasy white tongue coat</indication>
      <indication>Spleen-channel Damp-Heat: sweet, sticky mouth, copious thick saliva, bad breath and vomiting</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Transforms Damp and releases Summerheat</summary>
      <indication>Summerheat-Damp causing a mild fever, nausea and a heavy feeling</indication>
      <indication>Damp-warmth febrile disease in its early stage</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Aromatically clears turbid filth from the Middle Jiao, frees the Stomach and harmonises the Middle</summary>
      <indication>Thick, turbid Damp building up in the Middle Jiao and binding Stomach Qi: lethargy, nausea, poor appetite, distending pain of the epigastrium and abdomen, and a tongue coat that is thick and greasy</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
