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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:56.819089+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/qing-xiang-zi/</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>
  <attribution-html>&lt;a href=&quot;https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/qing-xiang-zi/&quot;&gt;Bencao Index&lt;/a&gt;</attribution-html>
  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">qing xiang zi</name>
    <name type="chinese">青葙子</name>
    <name type="latin">Semen Celosiae</name>
    <name type="english">celosia seed</name>
    <name type="japanese">seisoshi</name>
    <name type="korean">cheongsangja</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Fire</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Liver Fire, disperses Wind-Heat and brightens the eyes</summary>
      <indication>Red, swollen, painful eyes from an external Wind-Heat invasion</indication>
      <indication>Eye disorders from Liver Fire: corneal opacity, cataract-type clouding or blurred vision</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Calms rising Liver Yang</summary>
      <indication>High blood pressure from Liver Yang rising or Liver Fire</indication>
      <indication>Headache from Wind-Heat</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
