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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:57.387756+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">tao ren</name>
    <name type="chinese">桃仁</name>
    <name type="latin">Semen Persicae</name>
    <name type="english">Peach Kernel</name>
    <name type="japanese">tonin</name>
    <name type="korean">doin</name>
  </names>
  <category>Invigorate the Blood</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
    <channel>Large Intestine</channel>
    <channel>Heart</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Breaks up Blood stasis and invigorates the Blood</summary>
      <indication>Menstrual disorders from Blood stasis, including painful or absent periods with clots</indication>
      <indication>Fixed abdominal masses from Blood stasis</indication>
      <indication>Traumatic injury with bruising</indication>
      <indication>Flank pain</indication>
      <indication>Abdominal pain after childbirth</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels</summary>
      <indication>Dry-Intestine constipation, notably chronic cases in older people, after childbirth or after a febrile illness, where Yin or Blood is deficient</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Drains abscesses</summary>
      <indication>Lung or Intestinal abscess that has formed a fixed mass</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
