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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:37:14.151146+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">quan xie</name>
    <name type="chinese">全蝎</name>
    <name type="latin">Scorpio</name>
    <name type="english">Scorpion</name>
    <name type="japanese">zenkatsu</name>
    <name type="korean">jeongal</name>
  </names>
  <category>Extinguish Wind, Stop Tremors</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <safety toxic="true">Recorded toxic in this catalogue. Read the cautions on the record.</safety>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Extinguishes Wind and stops spasms and convulsions</summary>
      <indication>Liver Wind or Wind-Phlegm-Heat with spasms, tics, rigidity, arching of the back and seizures</indication>
      <indication>Acute or chronic convulsions in children</indication>
      <indication>Tetanus with lockjaw and stiffness</indication>
      <indication>Epilepsy</indication>
      <indication>Wind-stroke with a deviated eye and mouth, or hemiplegia</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Searches out Wind, unblocks the channels and collaterals and stops pain</summary>
      <indication>Stubborn headache or migraine</indication>
      <indication>Obstinate Wind-Damp Bi and joint pain that has not yielded to milder herbs</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Attacks Fire toxin and disperses nodules and rashes</summary>
      <indication>Toxic sores and swellings, often applied topically</indication>
      <indication>Scrofula and nodules</indication>
      <indication>Cancer, applied topically</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
