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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:54.892301+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
  <source-url>https://bencaoindex.com/</source-url>
  <canonical>https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/tian-kui-zi/</canonical>
  <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">tian kui zi</name>
    <name type="chinese">天葵子</name>
    <name type="latin">Radix Semiaquilegiae</name>
    <name type="english">muskroot-like semiaquilegia root</name>
    <name type="japanese">tenkishi</name>
    <name type="korean">cheongyuja</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat, Relieve Toxicity</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Spleen</channel>
    <channel>Bladder</channel>
    <channel>Liver</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, reduces swelling and disperses stagnation</summary>
      <indication>Toxic sores, abscesses and swellings, including deep-rooted boils (furuncles)</indication>
      <indication>Some types of cancer</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
