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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">tai zi shen</name>
    <name type="chinese">太子参</name>
    <name type="latin">Radix Pseudostellariae</name>
    <name type="english">heterophylly false satarwort root</name>
    <name type="japanese">gaijijin</name>
    <name type="korean">taejasam</name>
  </names>
  <category>Tonify Qi</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the Spleen and tonifies Qi</summary>
      <indication>Fatigue and poor appetite from Spleen and Stomach deficiency</indication>
      <indication>Stomach Yin deficiency</indication>
      <indication>A mild tonic, usually combined with other herbs, suited to children and to convalescence</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Generates Body Fluids</summary>
      <indication>Damaged Fluids and weakness following a febrile illness, with thirst</indication>
      <indication>Children with persistent fever or Summerheat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Tonifies Lung Qi and Yin</summary>
      <indication>Spontaneous sweating from weak Lung Qi</indication>
      <indication>Lung Yin deficiency with Dryness</indication>
      <indication>A weak, dry cough and shortness of breath on a background of Dryness</indication>
      <indication>Lung deficiency</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
