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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:39.975145+00:00">
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">Shi Shang Bai</name>
    <name type="chinese">石上柏</name>
    <name type="latin">Herba Selaginellae Doederleinii</name>
    <name type="english">selaginella</name>
  </names>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxin</summary>
      <indication>Fever with cough from Lung Heat</indication>
      <indication>Sore, swollen throat</indication>
      <indication>Fever sores and ulcers</indication>
      <indication>Upper respiratory infection, pneumonia and inflamed lymph glands</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears and drains Damp-Heat</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat jaundice</indication>
      <indication>Ascites from cirrhosis of the liver</indication>
      <indication>Bladder Damp-Heat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Invigorates Blood, disperses stasis, reduces tumors and breaks up accumulations</summary>
      <indication>Cancers of the lung, nasopharynx, esophagus, liver and skin, commonly prescribed alongside conventional cancer care</indication>
      <indication>Cirrhosis, or long-term hepatitis</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
