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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:34:49.433465+00:00">
  <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">song jie</name>
    <name type="chinese">松节</name>
    <name type="latin">Lignum Pini Nodi</name>
    <name type="english">Chinese pine node</name>
    <name type="japanese">shosetsu</name>
    <name type="korean">songjeol</name>
  </names>
  <category>Dispel Wind Damp</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Dispels Wind, dries Damp and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Wind-Damp Bi with sore, aching joints, mainly where Damp or Cold predominates</indication>
      <indication>Stiff joints with wandering, aching Bi pain that Cold makes worse</indication>
      <indication>Wind-Cold Bi</indication>
      <indication>Traumatic injury with pain</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the sinews and muscles and opens the channels</summary>
      <indication>Wei syndrome</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
