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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:57.655262+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">shi wei</name>
    <name type="chinese">石韦</name>
    <name type="latin">Folium Pyrrosiae</name>
    <name type="english">Pyrrosia Leaf</name>
    <name type="japanese">sekii</name>
    <name type="korean">seokwi</name>
  </names>
  <category>Drain Dampness</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Damp-Heat, promotes urination, relieves painful urinary dysfunction and expels stones</summary>
      <indication>Damp-Heat Lin, in which urinating burns and hurts and may bring dribbling, blood or stones</indication>
      <indication>Stone or Blood Lin</indication>
      <indication>Edema</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Cools the Blood and stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding from Heat in the Blood: vomiting of blood, nosebleed, uterine bleeding, heavy periods, and blood in the urine</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding from trauma</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears the Lungs, expels Phlegm and stops cough</summary>
      <indication>Lung Heat and Phlegm causing wheeze and cough</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
