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  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">tan xiang</name>
    <name type="chinese">檀香</name>
    <name type="latin">Lignum Santali Albi</name>
    <name type="english">Sandalwood</name>
    <name type="japanese">danko</name>
    <name type="korean">danhyang</name>
  </names>
  <category>Regulate Qi</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Stomach</channel>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Moves Qi, harmonises the Middle Jiao and Stomach, and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Chest and abdominal pain from Qi stagnation</indication>
      <indication>Epigastric and abdominal pain with belching, hiccups, poor appetite and nausea rising into the chest and throat</indication>
      <indication>Vomiting of clear fluid</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Disperses Cold, aids digestion and relieves pain</summary>
      <indication>Stomach Cold</indication>
      <indication>Cold-type pain of the abdomen and epigastrium</indication>
      <indication>Tight, constricting chest pain with a sense of oppression and laboured breathing</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Removes Blood stasis</summary>
      <indication>Blood stasis</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Used for coronary artery disease</summary>
      <indication>Coronary artery disease</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
