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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
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  <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>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">sang zhi</name>
    <name type="chinese">桑枝</name>
    <name type="latin">Ramulus Mori</name>
    <name type="english">Mulberry Twig</name>
    <name type="japanese">soshi</name>
    <name type="korean">sangji</name>
  </names>
  <category>Dispel Wind Damp</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind-Damp, unblocks the channels and collaterals, benefits the joints and stops spasms</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Damp with spasm, especially Hot Bi of the arms, with hot, red or swollen joints and aching muscles</indication>
      <indication>Shoulder, arm and hand pain from Wind-Damp; as a twig it guides the formula to the upper limbs</indication>
      <indication>Numbness of the limbs, or hemiplegia, remaining after Wind-stroke</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Promotes urination and reduces edema</summary>
      <indication>Edema or difficult urination with joint pain or heavy, aching limbs</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
