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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:04.849588+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">qing fen</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Kidney</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Kills parasites strongly, generates flesh and heals sores</summary>
      <indication>Skin parasites and fungal skin infections such as tinea</indication>
      <indication>Sores that have become ulcers and will not heal, combined with Blood-moving herbs</indication>
      <indication>Chronic weeping or discharging sores, and impetigo- or eczema-like lesions</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Resolves toxicity and kills parasites</summary>
      <indication>Scabies, rosacea or syphilitic chancres, washed externally (the chancre use is historical and long superseded)</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Expels water and unblocks the bowels and bladder</summary>
      <indication>Excess patterns with edema, retention of urine and constipation, taken internally in the past</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
